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单词 mañana
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mañanan.adv.

Brit. /maˈnjɑːnə/, /məˈnjɑːnə/, U.S. /məˈnjɑnə/
Forms: 1800s manaña (irregular), 1800s– mañana, 1900s– manana.
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish mañana.
Etymology: < Spanish mañana tomorrow (15th cent.), shortened < cras mañana < cras tomorrow ( < classical Latin crās : see crastin n.) + mañana early (c1140; < an unattested post-classical Latin derivative of classical Latin māne : see mane adv.).
A. n.
1. Tomorrow; the day after the present day. Also: the indefinite future, esp. an unspecified time in the future for which something is predicted or promised, but which is unlikely ever to materialize.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] > the indefinite future
mañana1845
vague1865
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun]
longingeOE
bideOE
abodec1225
bodea1300
demura1300
dwella1300
litinga1300
delayc1300
delayingc1300
demurrancec1300
but honec1325
without ensoignec1325
abidec1330
dretchingc1330
dwellingc1330
essoinc1330
tarrying1340
litea1350
delaymenta1393
respitea1393
oversettinga1398
delayancea1400
delitea1400
lingeringa1400
stounding?a1400
sunyiea1400
targea1400
train?a1400
deferring14..
dilation14..
dayc1405
prolongingc1425
spacec1430
adjourningc1436
retardationc1437
prolongation?a1439
training1440
adjournment1445
sleuthingc1450
tarry1451
tarriance1460
prorogation1476
oversetc1485
tarriage1488
debaid1489
supersedement1492
superseding1494
off-putting1496
postponing1496
tract1503
dilating1509
sparinga1513
hafting1519
sufferance1523
tracking1524
sticking1525
stay1530
pause1532
protraction1535
tracting1535
protract of time1536
protracting1540
postposition1546
staying1546
procrastination1548
difference1559
surceasing1560
tardation1568
detract1570
detracting1572
tarryment1575
rejourning1578
detraction1579
longness1579
rejournment1579
holding1581
reprieving1583
cunctation1585
retarding1585
retardance1586
temporizing1587
by and by1591
suspensea1592
procrastinatinga1594
tardance1595
linger1597
forslacking1600
morrowing1602
recess1603
deferment1612
attendance1614
put-off1623
adjournal1627
fristing1637
hanging-up1638
retardment1640
dilatoriness1642
suspension1645
stickagea1647
tardidation1647
transtemporation1651
demurragea1656
prolatation1656
prolation1656
moration1658
perendination1658
offput1730
retardure1751
postponement1757
retard1781
traverse1799
tarrowing1832
mañana1845
temporization1888
procrastinativeness1893
deferral1895
traa dy liooar1897
stalling1927
heel-tapping1949
off-put1970
1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. ii. 144 Andalucia... Nowhere will the stranger hear more frequently those talismanic words which mark national character..the Manaña [sic], [etc.].
1879 J. W. Boddam-Whetham Roraima & Brit. Guiana xviii. 208 With an Indian the morrow is as indefinite a period as ‘mañana’ with the Spaniards.
1889 E. Ripley From Flag to Flag 165 Their mañana never came, never was intended to come.
1961 Guardian 23 Jan. 6/7Mañana’ is a concept that exists far outside the Spanish world.
2. By extension: the habit or practice of easy-going procrastination, esp. in Spanish-speaking countries where this is said to be prevalent. the land (also kingdom) of mañana (depreciative): Mexico.
ΚΠ
1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 217/2 Is Cedar Keys just on the borderland of that vast region known as the kingdom of Mañana?
1899 R. St. Barbe In Mod. Spain 34 The fiddler with his fame-destroying mañana theme.
1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy 138 Flood had had years of experience in dealing with Mexicans in the land of mañana, where all maxims regarding the value of time are religiously discarded.
1910 Daily News 27 Sept. 4 The ‘manana’ boys didn't work quick enough for him, so he put the crew on.
1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon xiv. 201 The elaborate etiquette and principle of mañana (leave everything until tomorrow, in the absolute confidence that tomorrow will never arrive), which dominates all dealings in South America.
1973 National Geographic May 658/1 With a dispatch that put the lie to those who claim this [sc. Mexico] is the land of mañana, the orders went out to build a subway.
1995 Entertainm. Weekly 25 Aug. 91/1 Rodriguez has a bit of mañana in his blood; his films tend to take naps between set pieces.
B. adv.
Tomorrow, on the day after today; at some indefinite time in the future. Hence: slowly, with delay.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > tomorrow > [adverb]
tomorneOE
tomorrowc1275
tomorrow dayc1384
mañana1938
tomoz1995
1918 Spectator 18 May 514/1 Their Central and South American service has contributed ‘pronto’ for ‘quickly’, has twisted ‘mañana’ into ‘slowly’.
1927 D. H. Lawrence Mornings in Mexico 59 Mañana, to the native, may mean to-morrow, three days hence, six months hence, and never.
1938 ‘G. Orwell’ Homage to Catalonia i. 12 A promise that there should be machine-gun instruction mañana. Needless to say mañana never came.
1991 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 31 Dec. 20/3 Compass embarked on the oldest—and worst—gambit in the book: selling its future product below cost to get money, any money, in the door today and worry about delivery of those paid-for goods (seats) manana.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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