| 单词 | just the thing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjust the thing a. In predicative use: the relevant or correct thing; that which is proper, requisite, befitting, or fashionable (in later use chiefly with modifying word or phrase, as just the thing, the thing to do, etc.). Also, with reference to a person: the embodiment or epitome of stylishness, fitness (physical or otherwise), good condition, etc.; on good form, up to the mark (now somewhat archaic). Frequently in negative contexts.the done thing: see done adj.1 and n. Phrases 1. the very thing: see very adj. 10d. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > the or a prevailing fashion gentryc1400 the fashion1569 mainstream1599 the trim1603 mood1646 mode1649 vogue1649 beauty1653 à la mode1654 turn1695 the kick1699 goût1717 thing1734 taste1739 ton1769 nick1788 the tippy1790 twig1811 latest1814 dernier mot1834 ticket1838 kibosh1880 last cry1887 le (or the) dernier cri1896 flavour of the month (or week)1946 vague1962 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] > fittingness or propriety > that which is fitness1719 thing1734 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety seemlihead?a1366 honestya1398 comeliness1440 seemlihoodc1440 seemlityc1440 semblessea1500 seemliness1548 decentness1561 decorum?1571 handsomeness1595 civility1612 decency1682 exactness1683 elegance1686 propriety1753 thing1791 bienseancea1797 convenances1831 decorousness1834 the becoming1842 correctnessa1859 good (also bad) form1868 properness1873 correctitude1893 the done thing1917 the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > fitness condition1798 thing1832 fighting-fitness1894 shape1896 fitnessa1935 shape-up1963 1734 A. Pope Ess. Man iv. 58 Condition, Circumstance is not the thing: Bliss is the same, in Subject or in King. 1752 G. A. Stevens Distress upon Distress p. x Cæsar had certainly something smart about him: Mark Anthony was a very jemmy Fellow, and Cleopatra quite the Thing to be sure. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 55 [The silk] is at once rich, tastey, and quite the thing. 1775 F. Burney Jrnl. 3 Apr. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 101 Mr. Bruce was quite the Thing; he addressed himself with great gallantry to us all alternately. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1781 II. 381 [Johnson] Why, Sir, a Bishop's calling company together in this week [sc. Passion Week], is, to use the vulgar phrase, not the thing. 1832 J. Romilly Diary 20 Sept. in Cambridge Diary (1967) 19 Better today: tho not quite the thing: dined at home. 1845 ‘C. Winterfield’ Adventures on Frontier Texas & Mexico in Amer. Rev. Nov. 507 Confess it frankly—at even a rough sketch of a hero so exquisitely ‘just the thing’—that the delicious fluttering tumult at your hearts has waked. 1854 C. M. Yonge Heartsease I. ii. i. 115 And how are you? You don't look quite the thing. 1864 G. Meredith Emilia in Eng. I. xix. 290 Wilfrid took his arm and put it gently down on the chair, saying: ‘You're not quite the thing to-day, sir.’ 1867 Galaxy 15 Jan. 205 Should sorrow o'er thy brow Its darkened shadow fling, Go buy a hat of Jiggles—You'll find it just the thing. 1874 Times 1 June 11/5 Mont Blanc became the thing to do. 1897 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 12 Jan. 5/1 They are used in the long gold chains which are so pre-eminently the thing. 1901 ‘L. Malet’ Hist. Richard Calmady v. vii I am not quite the thing this morning. 1912 W. G. Beymer On Hazardous Service 219 But here's the thing: us scouts risked our lives to deliver those messages. 1921 Idaho Yarn 16 Sept. 6/1 It is evident to all hands that our bugle squad is about ‘the’ thing. They have all sorts of ‘pep’ and are delivering the goods. 1952 M. Kennedy Troy Chimneys 6 He seems to have been very much the thing, an M.P. and all that, went everywhere, knew everybody, and cut quite a dash. 1986 P. Leigh Fermor Between Woods & Water (1988) v. 112 ‘She's not feeling quite the thing,’ the Count said. 1993 L. Colwin More Home Cooking xxiii. 118 Every once in a while an old-fashioned picnic is just the thing. 2005 FHM Jan. 241/3 Ponchos are the thing to wear in bird-world this season. < as lemmas |
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