| 单词 | what wonder if |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat wonder if e. Without verb, esp. in no wonder that, if, or though; similarly, small wonder that (etc.), what wonder if..? Also interjectionally in (and) no wonder!, and what wonder! Cf. Latin nimirum, Greek οὐ θαῦμα, θαῦμα οὐδέν. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > lack of surprise [phrase] it is great, little, small wonderOE no selcoutha1250 no ferlyc1275 (and) no wonder!1390 no wonder that, if, or though1390 what ferlya1605 what wonder if1667 I shouldn't wonder1836 small wonder that1913 wouldn't you (just) know?1919 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 100 No wonder thogh he siketh ofte. a1400 Pistill of Susan 201 And heo wepte for wo, no wonder, I wene. c1400 T. Chestre Launfal 204 No wonther dough me smerte. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 360/1 Nowundyr, (P. nowonder), nimirum. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. viii. 103 Na wondir, this is the selcouth Caribdis. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. vi. 11 Will poore Folkes lye..? Yes; no wonder, When Rich-ones scarse tell true. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 606 What wonder then if fields and regions here Breathe forth Elixir pure. View more context for this quotation 1795–6 W. Wordsworth Borderers ii. 812 Her. I was alarmed. Mar. No wonder; this is a place That well may put some fears into your heart. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House iv. 31 Pa's miserable, and no wonder! 1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe xviii She has given her honest little heart away—and what wonder! 1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn II. xxxix. 54 No wonder Nero loves her better than that pale sad lady who sits among the six Vestals. 1913 H. L. Jackson Eschatol. Jesus 6 If ‘the great authorities differ’ small wonder that weaker minds are in doubt. < as lemmas |
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