absit omenphr.

Brit.

/ˌabsɪt ˈəʊmɛn/, U.S.

/ˌæbsəd ˈoʊmən/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin absit ōmen.

Etymology: < classical Latin absit ōmen may the omen be absent < absit , 3rd singular present subjunctive of abesse to be absent (see absent adj.) + ōmen omen n.Apparently reborrowed in the 19th cent.

‘May the omen be absent’: used as an imprecation when referring to a possible undesirable event, in the hope that it will not come to pass.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > may no evil occur [phrase]

absit omen1594

1594 King James VI Let. 5 June in J. Bruce Lett. Queen Elizabeth & James VI (1849) 107 Quhich shall neuer be, except ye constraine me unto it, but absit omen.

a1595 T. Digges in T. Digges & D. Digges Foure Paradoxes (1604) i. 23 Shal wee suffer her and her followers also in our Nation, to see what they can likewise doo of England? Absit omen.

1829 J. E. Reade Cain Wanderer 276 The hero lifted him up in the air, and (absit omen!) crushed him to death in his arms.

1886 Athenæum 20 Feb. 260/1 If the Queen herself were to shoot Mr. Gladstone through the head (absit omen!) no court in England could take cognizance of the act.

1944 A. L. Rowse Eng. Spirit xxix. 209 We lost the American Colonies, and had to redeem the situation by a twenty-year struggle with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France. Absit omen!

1970 M. Freedman Family & Kinship in Chinese Soc. Pref. p. ix Even if we were to be cut off from these living sources (absit omen), there would still remain to us the vast documentation that China has..produced.

2007 Times (Nexis) 8 Sept. 75 When I get an uncontrollable coughing fit (Absit omen!), I want to leave the scene as quickly and quietly as poss to recover.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	absit omen
释义	absit omenphr. Brit. /ˌabsɪt ˈəʊmɛn/, U.S. /ˌæbsəd ˈoʊmən/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin absit ōmen. Etymology: < classical Latin absit ōmen may the omen be absent < absit , 3rd singular present subjunctive of abesse to be absent (see absent adj.) + ōmen omen n.Apparently reborrowed in the 19th cent. ‘May the omen be absent’: used as an imprecation when referring to a possible undesirable event, in the hope that it will not come to pass. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > may no evil occur [phrase] absit omen1594 1594 King James VI Let. 5 June in J. Bruce Lett. Queen Elizabeth & James VI (1849) 107 Quhich shall neuer be, except ye constraine me unto it, but absit omen. a1595 T. Digges in T. Digges & D. Digges Foure Paradoxes (1604) i. 23 Shal wee suffer her and her followers also in our Nation, to see what they can likewise doo of England? Absit omen. 1829 J. E. Reade Cain Wanderer 276 The hero lifted him up in the air, and (absit omen!) crushed him to death in his arms. 1886 Athenæum 20 Feb. 260/1 If the Queen herself were to shoot Mr. Gladstone through the head (absit omen!) no court in England could take cognizance of the act. 1944 A. L. Rowse Eng. Spirit xxix. 209 We lost the American Colonies, and had to redeem the situation by a twenty-year struggle with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France. Absit omen! 1970 M. Freedman Family & Kinship in Chinese Soc. Pref. p. ix Even if we were to be cut off from these living sources (absit omen), there would still remain to us the vast documentation that China has..produced. 2007 Times (Nexis) 8 Sept. 75 When I get an uncontrollable coughing fit (Absit omen!), I want to leave the scene as quickly and quietly as poss to recover. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < phr.1594
随便看	to draw by to draw by one string to draw by the ears to draw cut to draw cuts to draw deep to draw down to draw dry to draw dun out of the mire to draw eyeteeth to draw fire to draw fire etc to draw fire flak to draw forth to draw in to draw in a line to draw in broad strokes to draw in consequence to draw in one line to draw in one's belt to draw in one's horns to draw in, into, at, or on length to draw into to draw into consequence to draw into laws