英语词汇“too —— for words”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. too —— for words: —— to such an extent as to render a person speechless, or to defy description or expression in words; (later, in colloquial hyperbolical use) extremely ——, utterly ——.

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a1628 F. Greville Alaham ii. ii, in Certaine Wks. (1633) sig. G2^v Monstrous, incredible, too great for words.

?1655 R. Baron Mirza iv. 111 Too great for words is my vast misery: Small Griefes make men lament, Great stupify.

1725 E. F. Haywood Rash Resolve i. 57 What that Lady felt at so unexpected, so shocking a Relation, was too big for Words!

1815 J. Cottle Messiah xxviii. 489 O'er David's heart angelic rapture steals! Too vast for words, the weight of bliss, he feels!

1859 J. Cross Year in Europe xxxii. 431 The waters of Como, too beautiful for words; and the neighboring Lugano, locked in the embrace of ‘the everlasting hills’.

1891 ‘L. Malet’ Wages of Sin II. v. i. 165 Some of the little silk shifties and night-i-gowns were simply too trottie for words.

1913 Dress & Vanity Fair Nov. 65 New York is beginning to look too smart and clean for words.

1928 E. O'Neill Strange Interlude viii. 289 But for Gordon to..propose marriage—it's too idiotic for words!

1982 A. Maupin Further Tales of City 47 Mary Ann, you were too yummy for words. I watched you on the monitor.

2005 Daily Tel. 12 July 21/3 All this may strike you as too hippy-ish and precious for words.

单词	too —— for words
释义	> as lemmas too —— for words d. too —— for words: —— to such an extent as to render a person speechless, or to defy description or expression in words; (later, in colloquial hyperbolical use) extremely ——, utterly ——. ΚΠ a1628 F. Greville Alaham ii. ii, in Certaine Wks. (1633) sig. G2^v Monstrous, incredible, too great for words. ?1655 R. Baron Mirza iv. 111 Too great for words is my vast misery: Small Griefes make men lament, Great stupify. 1725 E. F. Haywood Rash Resolve i. 57 What that Lady felt at so unexpected, so shocking a Relation, was too big for Words! 1815 J. Cottle Messiah xxviii. 489 O'er David's heart angelic rapture steals! Too vast for words, the weight of bliss, he feels! 1859 J. Cross Year in Europe xxxii. 431 The waters of Como, too beautiful for words; and the neighboring Lugano, locked in the embrace of ‘the everlasting hills’. 1891 ‘L. Malet’ Wages of Sin II. v. i. 165 Some of the little silk shifties and night-i-gowns were simply too trottie for words. 1913 Dress & Vanity Fair Nov. 65 New York is beginning to look too smart and clean for words. 1928 E. O'Neill Strange Interlude viii. 289 But for Gordon to..propose marriage—it's too idiotic for words! 1982 A. Maupin Further Tales of City 47 Mary Ann, you were too yummy for words. I watched you on the monitor. 2005 Daily Tel. 12 July 21/3 All this may strike you as too hippy-ish and precious for words. extracted from wordn.int. < as lemmas
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