| 单词 | ye gods ! |
| 释义 | > as lemmasye gods (and little fishes)! d. ye gods (and little fishes)!: used to express indignation, disbelief, or amazement, esp. in a consciously archaic or grandiose way. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > exclamation of wonder [interjection] > mingled with indignation ye gods (and little fishes)!1761 ?1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Paradox sig. D.iiiiv O ye goddes immortall [L. O di immortales!], men knowe not how great a gayne or profyte is for a man to be a sparer and a sauer.] 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada ii. iii. iii. 116 Ye gods, why are not Hearts first pair'd above! 1709 Brit. Apollo 3–5 Aug. Her Coughing and Squelching, Her F..ting and Belch[in]g, Ye Gods, what a Consort is here! 1761 J. Boswell Let. 17 Dec. in Lett. A. Erskine & J. Boswell (1763) 56 It is Captain Andrew! It is! it is! Ye Gods! he seizes! he opens! he reads! 1807 C. Wilmot Let. 15 May in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) ii. 243 Oh! ye Gods! How you are to be envied & every Mortal alive. 1820 Mrs. Purcell Orientalist I. v. 83 Ye gods and little fishes! what roses and lilies—pink, satin, and sable. 1871 L. M. Alcott Little Men ii. 27 But out of school,—Ye gods and little fishes! how Tommy did carouse! 1909 H. G. Wells Ann Veronica i. 9 ‘Ye gods!’ she said at last. ‘What a place!’ 1964 W. Markfield To Early Grave (1965) xi. 187 He cried to himself ‘Ye Gods!’ and ‘Whoosh!’ 1992 L. Marks & M. Gran New Statesman 74 Ye Gods and little fishes, that it should come to this! < as lemmas |
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