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单词 heaven knows
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Heaven knows
d. Heaven knows: (a) emphasizing the truth of a statement; (b) implying that something is unknown to the speaker, and probably also to others; frequently with what, where, who, etc.; cf. also what pron., adv., int., adj.1, conj., and n. Phrases 4a.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [phrase] > rendering outstanding
in (or to) soothc1300
by my, your, etc.(good) sootha1400
in good or very sooth1577
Heaven knowsa1628
in the name of wonder1629
yes, sir1799
in no uncertain terms1958
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [phrase] > expressing lack of knowledge
God wotOE
God or Crist witec1175
Lord knows1614
Heaven knowsa1628
the stars know what (also how, etc.)1760
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. i. 47 She ha's spoke what shee should not, I am sure of that: Heauen knowes what she ha's knowne. View more context for this quotation]
a1628 F. Greville Trag. Cicero (1651) iv. sig. D4v Heaven knows what calamities will follow.
1691 R. Ames Islington-Wells 18 Heaven knows what Bloodshed might ensue.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 164. ¶5 Heaven only knows how dear he was to me whilst he lived.
1790 M. P. Andrews Better Late than Never v. ii. 66 Heaven knows what agony it gave me.
a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) x. 408 Not in Utopia, subterraneous Fields, Or some secreted Island, Heaven knows where.
1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield lx. 597Heaven knows we were!’ said I.
1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch IV. viii. lxxiv. 198 She invites clergymen and heaven-knows-who.
a1916 ‘Saki’ Square Egg (1924) 125 From privates in the Regular Army to Heaven-knows-what in some intermediate corps.
1936 Delineator 129 48/3 It was clearly apart from the spirituals..and heaven knows, was unlike any music that America had been playing before.
1969 Listener 13 Mar. 351/2 Heaven knows, he'd been through this often enough in the past.
1971 J. Fleming Grim Death iv. 47 One of those floaters who wandered round the markets looking for heaven-knows what scraps of unrecognized treasure.
2004 New Yorker 2 Aug. 86/2 Heaven knows we need movie makers to start rooting around in recent scandals.
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