| 单词 | any day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasany day (also minute, moment, time, etc.) P3. any day (also minute, moment, time, etc.): (anticipating a possible event or outcome) very soon; imminently; within a short time. Also in form any day now and variants.Cf. any day (of the week) at day n. Phrases 9g. ΚΠ 1770 L. Carter Diary 31 Aug. (1965) I. 479 Those hands..might any time produce me 500 bushels of wheat which they could not do when sown in Tobacco ground. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. v. 132 A crater-crust which may crack and spue fire any day. 1865 ‘L. Carroll’ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland viii. 122 Alice..had not as yet had any dispute with the Queen, but she knew that it might happen any minute. 1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror ii. 32 He said this girl..might be leaving the party any moment now. 1956 W. Golding Pincher Martin (1960) 139 I shall be rescued any day now. 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 17 Baby Nathan looks as if he could wake up and start bawling for his dinner any second. any day (of the week) g. any day (of the week): at all times; without exception; without doubt. Cf. every time adv. at every adj. and pron. Phrases 5.Cf. any day (also minute, moment, time, etc.) at any adj., pron., n., and adv. Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [adverb] > always or in every case alwayeOE aldayOE everOE by night and (by) daylOE ayc1175 algatea1200 alwaysc1225 everylikec1225 stillc1297 evermorea1300 algatesa1325 alikec1330 early and latec1330 at all assaysc1360 universallya1398 likec1400 continuallyc1460 tidely1482 ay-whenc1485 from time to (formerly unto) timea1500 at all seasons1526 at once1563 at every turn1565 throughout1567 still still1592 still1594 still and anona1616 still an enda1616 every stitch-while1620 everlastingly1628 constantly1651 everywhen1655 eternally1670 allus1739 any day (of the week)1759 everly1808 allers1833 every time1854 toujours1902 all (the way) down the line1975 1759 L. Sterne Polit. Romance 18 I would have you to know I can have a better Pair at the Parson's any Day in the Week. 1773 G. A. Stevens Trip to Portsmouth i. 13 I fancy thee art as good as myself at woman's work, any day. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xxxix. 11 Why you are a good deal better-looking than her, Barbara... You are, any day. 1875 S. A. Drake Nooks & Corners N. Eng. Coast viii. 117 The boys didn't like the name [of the ship] because it sounded outlandish-like, and would have rather had an out-an'-out Yankee one any day of the week. 1906 G. K. Chesterton Charles Dickens viii. 188 Susan Nipper..is more of a heroine than Florence any day of the week. 1931 A. L. Rowse Politics & Younger Generation 155 They would prefer a despotism of the civil service to a despotism of the law any day. 2000 I. Pattison Stranger here Myself (2001) i. 26 ‘Never you mind, son,’ said my mother, ‘you're as good as they are any day.’ < as lemmas |
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