| 单词 | is it any marvel? | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasis it any marvel?  a.    it is (great) marvel 				 [compare Anglo-Norman estre merveille.]			 ‘it is a wonder’; also in negative and interrogative contexts, as  it is no marvel,  is it any marvel? Obsolete. ΚΠ c1300 [see sense  2a].							 a1393    J. Gower Confessio Amantis 		(Fairf.)	  i. 3234  				Tho was ther gret merveile on honde, That he..so wys a knyht, His lif upon so young a wyht Besette wolde in jeupartie. ?c1430						 (c1400)						    J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. 		(1880)	 265  				It is grett meruaile þat god..distroieþ not alle þis cursed peple. a1470    T. Malory Morte Darthur 		(Winch. Coll. 13)	 		(1990)	 I. 307  				Mervayle me thynkyth..why ye rebuke this noble knyghte as ye do. c1500						 (?a1475)						    Assembly of Gods 		(1896)	 103 (MED)  				Hit was gret merueyle how I myght endure. ?1529    S. Fish Supplicacyon for Beggers sig. A2v  				Is it any merueille that youre people so compleine of pouertie? ?1542    H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xi. sig. C6  				It is meruel..that fyre descend not down from heauen. 1607    S. Hieron Worth Water of Life in  Wks. 		(1620)	 I. 204  				It is no meruaile though there bee euery where so many empty soules. 1611    Bible 		(King James)	 Ecclus. xvi. 11  				It is merueile, if he escape  vnpunished.       View more context for this quotation 1631    B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre  iv. ii. 53 in  Wks. II  				It's maruell hee has not more followers, after his ragged heeles. < as lemmas | 
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