英语词汇“nine days' wonder”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. nine days (also †nights): the brief time for which a novelty is supposed to attract attention. In later use usually in nine days' (also day) wonder: an event or phenomenon that attracts enthusiastic interest for a short while, but is then ignored or forgotten.

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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > a new thing or novelty > time for which a novelty attracts attention

nine days (also nights)a1350

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > event > of temporary interest

nine days' (also day) wonder1592

a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 40 Þou woldest vachen an newe, ant take anoþer wiþinne nyȝe naht.

a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iv. 588 Ek wonder last but nyne nyght nevere in towne.

c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 208 (MED) For this a wondir last but dayes nyne, An oold proverbe is seid.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. i. sig. Fiii^v This wonder..lasted nine daies.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues To Rdrs. sig. Aiiij The greatest wonder lasteth but nyne dayes.

1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. G^v Which as a nine daies wonder being ore-blowne.

1602 How a Man iv. ii, in Old Eng. Dramatists (1824) 75 Her timeless death Is but a nine days' talk.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 170 I was seuen of the nine daies out of the wonder, before you came.

1633 P. Massinger New Way to pay Old Debts iv. ii. sig. I2 That were but nine dayes wonder.

1673 F. Kirkman Counterfeit Lady Unveiled 109 She had Clapping and general Applause, but every new thing being as they say, but nine dayes wonder; hers was not to last many years.

1723 J. Barker Patch-work Screen for Ladies sig. A2 The Parents were very well content, only wish'd she had proceeded otherwise, and not made herself the Publick Subject of a Nine Days Wonder.

1762 C. Churchill Ghost iii. 81 He would be found..A nine days' Wonder at the most.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I clxxxviii. 97 The nine days' wonder which was brought to light.

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. III. ix. 151 His escape on the night of the riot had been a nine-days' wonder.

1897 B. Stoker Dracula vii. 83 As the matter is to be a ‘nine days' wonder,’ they are evidently determined that there shall be no cause of after complaint.

1940 J. Colville Diary 8 Jan. in Fringes of Power (1985) 69 All this may, as Charles Peake thinks, be a nine-days' wonder.

1985 T. Lundberg Starting in Business vi. 70 There is great risk in becoming involved in a product that is a ‘nine-day wonder’ (e.g. skateboards).

单词	nine days' wonder
释义	> as lemmas nine days' (also day) wonder a. nine days (also †nights): the brief time for which a novelty is supposed to attract attention. In later use usually in nine days' (also day) wonder: an event or phenomenon that attracts enthusiastic interest for a short while, but is then ignored or forgotten. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > a new thing or novelty > time for which a novelty attracts attention nine days (also nights)a1350 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > event > of temporary interest nine days' (also day) wonder1592 a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 40 Þou woldest vachen an newe, ant take anoþer wiþinne nyȝe naht. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iv. 588 Ek wonder last but nyne nyght nevere in towne. c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 208 (MED) For this a wondir last but dayes nyne, An oold proverbe is seid. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. i. sig. Fiii^v This wonder..lasted nine daies. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues To Rdrs. sig. Aiiij The greatest wonder lasteth but nyne dayes. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. G^v Which as a nine daies wonder being ore-blowne. 1602 How a Man iv. ii, in Old Eng. Dramatists (1824) 75 Her timeless death Is but a nine days' talk. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 170 I was seuen of the nine daies out of the wonder, before you came. View more context for this quotation 1633 P. Massinger New Way to pay Old Debts iv. ii. sig. I2 That were but nine dayes wonder. 1673 F. Kirkman Counterfeit Lady Unveiled 109 She had Clapping and general Applause, but every new thing being as they say, but nine dayes wonder; hers was not to last many years. 1723 J. Barker Patch-work Screen for Ladies sig. A2 The Parents were very well content, only wish'd she had proceeded otherwise, and not made herself the Publick Subject of a Nine Days Wonder. 1762 C. Churchill Ghost iii. 81 He would be found..A nine days' Wonder at the most. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I clxxxviii. 97 The nine days' wonder which was brought to light. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. III. ix. 151 His escape on the night of the riot had been a nine-days' wonder. 1897 B. Stoker Dracula vii. 83 As the matter is to be a ‘nine days' wonder,’ they are evidently determined that there shall be no cause of after complaint. 1940 J. Colville Diary 8 Jan. in Fringes of Power (1985) 69 All this may, as Charles Peake thinks, be a nine-days' wonder. 1985 T. Lundberg Starting in Business vi. 70 There is great risk in becoming involved in a product that is a ‘nine-day wonder’ (e.g. skateboards). extracted from nineadj.n. nine days' wonder the seven wonders of the world (= Latin septem mira, miracula, or spectacula), the seven monuments regarded as the most remarkable structures of ancient times; so eighth wonder of the world (used hyperbolically of any impressive object, etc.); nine days' wonder, and allusive uses: see nine adj. 3a.extracted from wondern. < as lemmas
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