| 单词 | angel visit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasangel visit angel visit n. (also angel's visit) a visitation by an angel; (also, in extended use) as the type of an exceptionally infrequent or fleeting event or occurrence (now rare).In extended use, frequently with direct allusion to quot. 1799. ΚΠ 1700 N. Tate Panacea i. 15 The Hermit..With Angel-Visits only entertain'd. 1799 T. Campbell Pleasures of Hope & Other Poems ii. 65 Though my winged hours of bliss have been, like angel visits, few and far between. 1830 Belfast News Let. 19 Feb. If Mr. Dawson and others who think with him, were resident in Ireland, they would know more of its actual condition than they do; for it is not an angel-visit to a country that will enable a man to pronounce on its situation. 1944 Kalgoorlie (W. Austral.) Miner 31 Oct. 2/3 Some of our representatives we do not see more than once in 12 months; and some of the ‘angel visits’ are even fewer and father between. 2002 L. Meinders Angel Hugs 2 His unexpected hug was like a little angel visit to me. < as lemmas |
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