单词 | good day |
释义 | good dayn.int. A. n. 1. As part of a customary expression of good wishes on meeting or parting during the day. Originally in have good day, God give you good day and variants; now chiefly in to wish (also bid) (a person) (a) good day, and (as an address) a good day to you. See also have a good day at have v. 19b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > terms of greeting God give you good dayc1275 hail be thou (also ye)c1275 pax vobisc1275 how do ye?1570 (good, fair) time of day (to you)1597 how goes it?1598 I salute youa1616 savea1616 how do you find yourself?a1646 how-do-you-do1697 how do?1886 how are you popping (up)?1894 how's (less frequently how are) tricks?1915 how's (or how are) things (or, originally Australia and New Zealand, tricks?)1926 how's life?1931 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6252 Habbeð alle godne dæie. c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) l. 727 Rymenhild, haue wel godne day, No leng abiden ine may. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1430 Eliezer..haueð hem boden godun dai. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 668 (MED) Gawan..gef hem alle goud day. c1430 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1882) v. l. 1074 Ȝit preye I god so ȝeue ȝou god day. c1440 (a1350) Sir Isumbras (Thornton) (1844) l. 727 Lady, hafe now gud daye. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. v. f. lxxxv My godsep, god yeue yow good daye. a1500 (?a1475) Guy of Warwick (Cambr. Ff.2.38) l. 1271 (MED) The ermyte he yaue gode day, And to Pole he toke the way. 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 4319 Gif ȝe be King, God ȝow gude day. a1550 (c1441) Lament Duchess of Gloucester (Balliol) in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 207 Farewelle, London, and have good day. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Sept. 1 I bidde her God day. 1614 A. Spalding tr. A. Gotthard Dial. Eng. & Malaiane Lang. (new ed.) 71 God giue you good day friend. 1627 M. Drayton Moone-calfe in Battaile Agincourt 184 The dawne..at the windowe biddeth them good day. 1674 T. Good Firmianus & Dubitantius i. 1 A good day to you, Firmianus. 1708 tr. A. Bourignon Warning against Quakers p. ii For I perceived that they have it as a Rule among them, Not to salute any Body, or bid them Good-day, or Adieu. ?1766 W. Mason in Poems (1797) III. 220 Give you good day, my masters; 'tis my wish To rest awhile on this same portal bench. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. i. 5 The old lady again bade him good-day. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. xx. 107 Thanks for your proffer—have good day. 1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield lxi. 606 Gentlemen, I wish you a good day, and hoping you and your families will also see your wickedness, and amend. 1873 J. E. Cooke Her Majesty the Queen i. xvii. 73 I recognized at once my host of Buckinghamshire, Mr. Hampden. ‘Give you good-day, Mr. Cecil,’ he said, grasping my hand with cordial regard. 1909 H. Sutcliffe Priscilla of Good Intent iv. 42 ‘Hallo, Billy, give you good-day!’ said Gaunt, as he came nearer. 1922 H. C. Rowland Hirondelle xix. 161 ‘A good day to you, Lanty,’ said he, biting into the doughboy. 1995 C. B. Divakaruni Arranged Marriage (1997) 116 She wished him good day with a smile and asked after his wife and children. 2. An utterance of ‘good day’; a greeting or valediction using these words. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation > specific greeting or salutation dieugardc1380 good day?a1439 hail?a1513 good morrow1528 good even1534 how-do-ye1575 all hail?1589 good evening1606 ave1611 good morninga1616 how-do-you-do1632 good afternoon1771 recollections1816 chin chin1822 chi-hike1859 cheero1909 wagwan1983 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. l. 222 She roos hire up..Withoute good day or salutacioun. 1606 W. Arthur & H. Charteris Rollock's Lect. 1st & 2nd Epist. Paul to Thessalonians (1 Thess.) i. 6 All their good dayes and good euenings are deare of right noght, for..when they are blessing with their mouthes, they are cursing in their hearts. 1703 G. Garden tr. A. Bourignon Light risen in Darkness iv. v. 44 It may be your Wife will say as the other Quakers do, that they love one another enough, without giving one another good wishes and good-days in words. 1849 J. F. Cooper Sea Lions I. v. 62 He passed the back of his hand across his mouth, napkinfashion, nodded his ‘good-day’, and withdrew. a1887 J. G. Saxe Poet. Wks. (1889) 131 Soon another robber, passing, His ‘Good day’ was fain to give. 1912 D. H. Lawrence Let. 17 Sept. (1962) I. 147 The officials are all Chocolate Soldiers. They let you walk through the Customs with a good day. 1945 D. Thomas Let. 26 Feb. (1987) 545 The ordinary moments of walking up village streets, opening doors or letters, speaking good-days to friends or strangers.., are so inexplicably (to me) dangerous. 1988 ‘E. Peters’ Rare Benedictine (1990) 107 The pedlar louted to Master William with obsequious respect, said his goodday, and made off to his lodging. 2001 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 16 Dec. v. 11/3 It seems ungracious to just pass on by without so much as a good day. B. int. 1. Expressing good wishes on meeting or parting during the day. ΚΠ c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 62 O Thomas freend good day. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xii. 111 A, good day, thou, and thou! ?a1525 (?a1475) Play Sacrament 237 A! Petre Powle, good daye and wele imett! 1568 W. Barker tr. G. B. Gelli Fearfull Fansies of Florentine Couper f. 42 He could say good day, and many other things both in Greeke and Latin. 1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Maides Trag. iii. sig. E2v Good day Amintor, for to me the name Of brother is too distant. 1745 C. Coffey Devil upon Two Sticks i. vii. 37 O the Devil, three Women to one Man! Zoons, I always thought one too much;–ah!–good Day to you, Madam. 1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 16 I go, lovy: Good day to my father-in-law. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. xv. 298 And to marry for money I think the wickedest thing in existence.—Good day . View more context for this quotation 1951 S. H. Bell December Bride i. vii. 53 ‘Good-day to ye,’ said the young man pausing in the doorway. 1989 G. Vanderhaeghe Homesick ix. 123 His salute, however, was cheerful and hearty. ‘Good day, missus. Is the boss around?’ 2. Australian and New Zealand. Used as a familiar greeting; ‘hello’, ‘hi’. Frequently in good day mate. Now usually in shortened forms: see g'day int. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous expressions [interjection] > expressions of greeting hailc1200 all haila1393 yoa1475 salutation1535 hail1604 chin chin1625 wassaila1643 hallo1841 hello1853 good day1857 hi1862 all right1868 g'day1894 'lo1913 ciao1929 hiya1940 hidey1941 well-done1971 wagwan1983 1857 Illustr. Jrnl. Australasia 3 66 Not one of them spoke to me, except to give me an occasional ‘Good day, mate’. 1882 in Rec. Castlemaine Pioneers 31 Mar. (1972) 47 ‘Good day, mate,’ was the salutation of a blue-shirt. ‘Good day, mate,’ we echoed, ‘are you from the diggings?’ 1910 Bull. (Sydney) 29 Sept. 13/2 Good-day, matey. Wanter buy a buncher flowers fer yer tart? a1948 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 122 Good day, mate, is old Scabby at home? 1995 D. Degnon Sails Full & By 130 ‘Good-day mate,’ Merv would smile up at me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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