| 单词 | forty winks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasforty winks c. †forty weeks: often used for the length of the period of gestation. †forty pence: a customary amount for a wager. forty winks (colloquial): a short nap, esp. after dinner. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > stake > customary amount forty pencec1350 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > an instance or period of > short or light > esp. after dinner forty winks1872 c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 118 (MED) In þyssere ioye we scholde by-louken Al hyre ioyen of uourti woken Þe wylest he ȝede wyþ chylde. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xvi. l. 100 (MED) In þe wombe of þat wenche was he fourty wokes. 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Di xl. d. gaged vpon a matche of wrastling. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iii. 90 How tasts it? Is it bitter? Forty pence, no. View more context for this quotation 1872 Punch 16 Nov. 208/2 If a..man, after reading steadily through the Thirty-nine Articles, were to take forty winks. 1887 G. R. Sims Mary Jane's Mem. 228 I'm tired, and I want my forty winks. forty winks c. forty winks: a very brief sleep, a short nap. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > an instance or period of > short or light sloomOE wink1362 napa1400 slumber1488 dog's sleep1560 dogsleep1674 (not) a wink of sleep1682 doze1731 snooze1793 snatch1820 forty winks1828 eyeful1860 snoose1912 caulk1917 zizz1941 1828 P. Egan Finish Tom & Jerry (1871) iii. 87 The uncommonly big gentleman, told out, taking forty winks. 1851 Westm. & Foreign Q. Rev. July 326 His quiet ‘forty winks’ after dinner. 1890 J. Hatton By Order of Czar ii. iv ‘Well, I declare, Dolly, you are going to sleep!’ ‘I am very tired; only forty winks. Is there time?’ < as lemmas |
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