| 单词 | goodness me |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgoodness me b. In exclamations expressing surprise, horror, excitement, etc., esp. in (my) goodness, goodness gracious (me), goodness me. Cf. heaven n. Phrases 3b. ΚΠ 1667 A. Bailey Spightful Sister ii. i. 23 Win. Beucer the Rogue ha's defil'd My Daughters Virginity aboard a ship, and now ha's left her. Thele. Ha's he so! (O Goodness!) 1682 Duke of Buckingham Fletcher's Chances v. iv. 62 O sweet Goodness! is it you? 1768 I. Bickerstaff Padlock ii. vii. 25 Goodness me, what's the matter? 1779 F. Burney Evelina (ed. 2) II. xiii. 106 ‘Goodness!’ exclaimed he, ‘not seen the Tower!’ ?1790 D. Kilner Anecd. Boarding-school II. 55 O! Goodness! Gracious me! what fun it is to see Miss Beauchamp have a letter from her mamma! 1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 218/1 My goodness! why, every body does so. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxviii. 417 ‘Goodness gracious!’ said Mary,..‘Why it's that very house.’ 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge ix. 285 Goodness gracious me! 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xix. 216 There was a gasp and a cry—and somebody said in muffled accents: ‘Merciful goodness!’ 1933 ‘J. Bridie’ Sleeping Clergyman i. iv. 42 Oh, mercy, gracious, goodness me, what a jealous wee animal we have to-night! 1976 J. Gardam Bilgewater (1985) vi. 58 But bless me, Edmund if she's not one. She's the blummin' genius! My goodness gracious me! 1980 W. M. Spackman Presence with Secrets (1982) iii. 112 ‘You got up ?—goodness’! she said. 2011 L. M. Danforth & R. Van Boeschoten Children of Greek Civil War (2012) ii. iv. 151 My goodness! How can they stand so still? < as lemmas |
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