| 单词 | weird and wonderful |
| 释义 | > as lemmasweird and wonderful b. Colloquial phrase weird and wonderful, marvellous in a strange or eccentric way; both remarkable and peculiar or unfathomable; exotic, outlandish. Frequently ironical or derogatory. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] > with quality of strangeness selcouthc888 uncouthc900 sellya1000 ferly?c1225 strangec1374 nicec1395 ferlifula1400 monsterfulc1460 portentous1553 miraculous1569 vengible1594 strangefula1618 phenomenous1743 phenomenala1850 very like a whale1859 weird and wonderful1859 fourth-dimensional1902 out of this world1941 unreal1965 1859 J. H. Stirling in Meliora 1 231 These [poems] are doubtless meant to be very weird and wonderful, but they are mere breath, and..barren as the wind. 1886 O. Wilde in Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Feb. 5/1 There is psychology of a weird and wonderful kind. 1908 T. E. Lawrence Let. 9 Aug. in T. E. Lawrence et al. Home Lett. (1954) 70 Their food is weird and wonderful. 1946 Visct. Knebworth Boxing xiv. 176 The beginner so often gets the idea that he is going to do the most weird and wonderful movements. 1962 Friend 3 Aug. 947/1 Nearly all the weird and wonderful decorations were provided by a decorator member of the club. 1978 S. Naipaul North of South ii. vi. 227 A weird and wonderful place is Jo'burg. < as lemmas |
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