| 单词 | don't look now |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdon't look now (but) (k) don't look now (but): (prefacing a remark) originally used to get the hearer's attention, while warning against an immediate glance or reaction; (in later use also (chiefly humorous)) used to introduce a statement or topic considered to be exciting, challenging, or unexpected. ΚΠ 1871 Temple Bar July 71 ‘Look now,’ he went on. ‘No, not now, they may notice... There they are; by that far window.’... As Tom said, ‘Don't look now’, of course I looked directly. 1886 Puck (N.Y.) 29 Dec. 295 Don't look now, but Jack Meredith is directly across the hall from us. 1919 L. P. Heydemann Lily Carthew's Monologues 65 Don't look now. She knows we're talking about her. 1936 Miami (Okla.) Daily News-Record 3 June 5/8 Don't look now but I think ‘Gob’ Taylor is trying to steal home. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 June 23/8 Don't look now, but I'm afraid my credibility gap was showing a bit in a column I wrote the other day. 1998 A. Pease & B. Pease Why Men don't listen & Women can't read Maps (2004) ii. 19 ‘Don't look now!’ she hissed. ‘You're so obvious!’ 2014 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 3 July (Sports section) 70 Don't look now, but there's a seven-time Wimbledon champion who is two victories away from making it eight. < as lemmas |
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