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单词 god's send
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God's send
God's send n. (a) = God's sand n. (obsolete); (b) = godsend n.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > worldly or secular property > regarded as God's gift
God's sandOE
God's gooda1425
God's send1629
the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > an advantage, benefit, or favourable circumstance > a benefit > as sent from God or heaven
God's gift1586
God's send1629
godsend1779
heaven-send1811
1629 Z. Boyd Balme of Gilead i. 36 Magicians of Egypt called the plague the finger of God, or Gods send.
a1679 J. Brown Life of Faith (1726) ii. xv. 127 We should make the Cross of Christ welcome, because it is God's Send.
1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland 37 The more ignorant People construct this as a favourable Providence to them, therefore they call these wracks, God's send, tho not so favourable to the poor Mariners and others who suffer thereby.
1765 Scots Mag. Nov. 614 On the 30th the vessel was drove on shore in the parish of Mochrum; where it was no sooner known, that a God's send (as they call it) had come in there, than men, women, and children, flocked to the shore.
1820 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 28 Oct. 986 It has been a perfect ‘God's send’ to us. It has been so much of clear gains.
1856 J. Redmond Let. 4 Dec. in J. Rees Fishery of Arklow (2008) ii. 38 When I began my mission here a wreck was a God's send & to speak against wrecking was a heresy.
1956 Amer. Motorcycling Sept. 33/2 Just a note in appreciation to you and your organization, for the replacement of blood donated to me by your club. It was truly a God's send to me and my family.
2011 K. V. Williams My Enemy's Tears 321 Ah Rebecca, what would I do without you and your sisters to help me?.. A God's send, you are.
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