| 单词 | lud knows |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslud knows 1. Used for ‘Lord’ in various phrases, as lud knows, lud a mercy, etc. Cf. lord n. and int. Phrases 2. Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > exclamation of emotion [interjection] goodness1623 agad1672 Godsokers1672 Oh dear!1694 law1763 lud1767 Dear me!1773 Lor1776 dear knows!1805 Great God!1819 Great Scott1852 Jehoshaphat1857 lors1860 Great Sun!1867 Great Caesar!1870 gracious me!1884 my (giddy, sainted, etc.) aunt!1886 snakes1891 lieber Gott1898 my gosh!1920 cor1931 1767 G. S. Carey Hills of Hybla 33 To make me soldier 'gainst my will, and go the lud knows where. 1795 Observant Pedestrian II. 199 Lud a mussy, what a mess! 1858 S. H. Elliot New England's Chattels x. 111 As for cooking it, the Lud knows I shan't. 1867 Boy's Yearly Bk. 4/2 Lud a mercy! how awkward you are. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv [Oxen of the Sun] 406 Ludamassy! Pore piccanninies! 1948 E. Baume Devil Lord's Daughter vi. 156 She looked every inch a man, Lud help me. 1986 J. Aiken Dido & Pa i. 12 Lud love us, am I glad you ain't! < as lemmas |
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