| 单词 | happy event |
| 释义 | > as lemmashappy event happy event n. the (esp. recent or expected) birth of a baby. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [noun] birdeOE birtha1200 i-borenessc1225 bearingc1275 nativityc1375 progressionc1385 gettingc1480 natality1483 naissance1490 falling1533–4 nascence1570 natitial1612 progermination1648 happy event1737 engendure1821 arrival1830 birthhood1867 interesting event1899 1737 King George II Let. 3 Aug. in Lett. Occas. Birth of Young Princess 6 Your carrying away her Royal Highness from Hampton Court..after sufficient Warnings for a Week before, to have made the necessary Preparations for this happy Event. 1758 Rev. Sixth Let. to People 53 He could not skip so lightly over his royal highness the duke of Cumberland's birth; to which happy event we are indebted for all the benefits we now enjoy. 1888 R. W. Felkin tr. I. E. Schnitzer Emin Pasha in Central Afr. i. 17 If twins are born, and especially if they are of the same sex, the whole village unites in celebrating the happy event. 1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon iv. 93 It seems..that we are expecting a happy event. Parturiunt montes. 1969 Times 20 Mar. 16/2 Aunt Juju, in her harping upon ‘happy events’..knows more about life and death than Hedda. 1995 J. Miller & M. Stacey Driving Instructor's Handbk. (ed. 8) ix. 293 Mothers-to-be are not invalids..however, they must be given some consideration particularly with regard to ensuring the happy event does not occur during the driving test. < as lemmas |
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