| 单词 | it is a world to see |
| 释义 | > as lemmasit is a world to see ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > wonder, be astonished [phrase] > it is wonderful it is a worldc1495 it is a world and (also a) wonder1600 mirabile dictua1634 it is to be wondered1654 strange to say, tell1697 strange enough1853 c1495 15th Cent. School Bk. (Arun. 249) (1956) 3 It is a worlde to se the delectacioun..that a mann shall have which riseth erly in thies summer mornynges. a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) l. 2205 (MED) Euerychone on other ferly they sette..and trewly for to speke It was a world to here the sperys breke. ?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Cvv It is a worlde to se her whyrle Daunsynge in a rounde. ?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 78 Ys it not a world to consider the desier of wylfull prynces whan they fully be bent..to fullfyll ther voluptious Appetytes. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iii. xxvi. 105 A world and wonder it is to hear them speak. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 307 'Tis a world to see How tame when men and women are alone, A meacocke wretch can make the curstest shrew. View more context for this quotation 1620 L. Andrewes 96 Serm.: Holy Ghost (1629) xiii. 738 But it were a world to rake up old errors. 1637 J. Pocklington Altare Christianum 52 It is a world to see, what pert Gynny Birds their Gossips are. 1666 W. Dugdale Origines Juridiciales 152/1 The Prince so served will tender meats,..as it seemed wonder a world to observe the provision. 1766 W. Kenrick Falstaff's Wedding i. v. 6 Well, as I am an honest woman, who would have thought it? it is a world to see! 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) (at cited word) It's a woo'ld to see that theer little un order the big uns to the roight abaout! < as lemmas |
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