单词 | mañana |
释义 | mañanan.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. 6/7 ‘Mañana’ 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). < n.adv.1845 |
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