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单词 nine days' wonder
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nine days' wonder


nine days' wonder

n. A thing or event that creates a brief state of public interest or excitement.

nine′ days'` won′der


n. someone or something that arouses short-lived interest. [1585–95]

nine days' wonder

- An old term (c. 1325) for an event or phenomenon that attracts enthusiastic interest for a short while, but is then ignored or forgotten.See also related terms for wonder.

nine days' wonder

Something or someone that achieves great fame but only for a short while.

nine days' wonder


nine days' wonder

Something that generates interest for only a short amount of time. The musician feared becoming a nine days' wonder, forgotten long before he ever achieved success in his career.See also: nine, wonder

nine days' wonder

Fig. something that is of interest to people only for a short time. Don't worry about the story about you in the newspaper. It'll be a nine days' wonder and then people will forget. The elopement of Bob and Anne was a nine days' wonder. Now people never mention it.See also: nine, wonder

a nine days' wonder

something that attracts enthusiastic interest for a short while but is then ignored or forgotten.See also: nine, wonder

a ˌnine days’ ˈwonder

a person or thing that attracts a lot of attention, but only for a short time: The satellite that landed in their garden made the family a bit of a nine days’ wonder, but no one remembers their name now.See also: nine, wonder
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