| 单词 | land sakes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasland sakes d. U.S. Substituted euphemistically for ‘Lord’: the land knows, Good land! Also, (for the) land's sake, land sakes, my land(s)). ΚΠ 1846 Knickerbocker 27 18 Jedediah, for the land's sake, does my mouth blaze? 1848 J. F. Cooper Oak Openings I. v. 82 Land's sake! I've forgotten all about them barrels! 1851 S. Warner Wide Wide World I. xiv. 167 ‘But what are they called turnpikes for?’ ‘The land knows!—I don't’. 1854 M. J. Holmes Tempest & Sunshine xvi. 223 For land's sake dont tell Tempest. 1863 A. D. T. Whitney Faith Gartney's Girlhood ii. 12 Land sakes, Miss Faith! I don't know what you mean. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xi. 132 Good land! a man can't keep his functions regular on spring chickens thirteen hundred years old. 1894 ‘M. Twain’ in Cent. Mag. 47 337/2 My lan', what de reason 't ain't enough? 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xiv. 141 ‘For the land's sake!’ gasped Marilla... ‘I believe the child is crazy.’ 1913 A. Huxley Let. 30 July (1969) 51 The Americans..say Gee, whiz, bully, my lands, my soul, [etc.]. 1916 A. Bennett Lion's Share xlv. 350 ‘My land!’ exclaimed Nick. ‘If he sees me here he'll think I've come on purpose to talk about him.’ 1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel 50 Land sakes, it gives me the creeps to think of it. 1952 V. Wilkins King Reluctant i. iii. 45 But land's sake, how did he get into dat ole lonesome graveyard? 1974 K. Benton Craig & Tunisian Tangle xiii. 180 We've only got another week, for land's sake. < as lemmas |
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