| 单词 | any day now |
| 释义 | > as lemmasany day now 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. < as lemmas |
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