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单词 voilà
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voilàint.

/vwala/
Etymology: French, < imperative of voir to see + there.
With complement: there is, are, etc. Standing alone: there it is! there you are! lo! voilà tout /tu/ [= all] , that is all, there is nothing more to do or say.
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society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > word or cry > [interjection] > a shout or cry
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1739 T. Gray Let. 12 Apr. in Corr. (1971) I. 102 The minute we came, voila Milors Holdernesse, Conway, and his brother.
1778 H. Walpole Let. 12 Feb. (1955) XXVIII. 356 Voilà a truly long letter.
1801 J. Austen Let. 11 Feb. (1995) 81 Mr Bramston called here the morning before,—et voila tout.
1824 B. R. Haydon Jrnl. 20 July in Autobiogr. (1926) I. 352 I have..no thoughts; I am painting portraits; voilà tout.
1858 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? vi. i. 236 Ah, voilà! there he comes, the laggard!
1910 W. J. Locke Simon the Jester vi. 78 Dale asked me if he could call. I said ‘Yes.’ Perhaps I was wrong. Anyhow, voila!
1920 D. H. Lawrence Let. in C. Mackenzie My Life & Times (1966) V. 169 One of F's diamond rings was stolen... One shouldn't have diamonds voila tout!
1973 Philadelphia Inquirer 7 Oct. (Today Suppl.) 5/1 Plain junk that becomes—voila!—a memento when a ‘Historic Philly’ decal is affixed.
1980 Quilt World Sept. 42/3 The batting and backing were then trimmed and the edges of the quilt sewn shut. Voila! a completed quilt.
1981 ‘D. Jordan’ Double Red xxxiv. 156 Live all your life! That is all I know, voilà tout.
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