| 单词 | prick of the day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprick of the day 15. The precise instant of time at which anything happens; the critical moment. prick of the day: daybreak. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [noun] > critical or decisive moment articlea1398 prick?c1422 crise?1541 push1563 in the nick1565 jump1598 concurrence1605 cardo1609 (the) nick of time (also occasionally opportunity, etc.)1610 edgea1616 climacterical1628 climacteric1633 in the nick-time1650 moment1666 turning-point1836 watershed1854 psychological moment1871 psychical moment1888 moment of truth1932 crunch1939 cruncher1947 high noon1955 break point1959 defining moment1967 midnight1976 the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > dawn > [noun] aristc825 dawingc900 dayeOE day-rimOE day-redOE mornOE lightOE lightingOE dawning1297 day-rowa1300 grekinga1300 uprista1300 dayninga1325 uprisingc1330 sun arisingc1350 springc1380 springingc1380 day-springa1382 morrowingc1384 dayingc1400 daylighta1425 upspring1471 aurora1483 sky1515 orienta1522 breaking of the day1523 daybreak1530 day-peep1530 morrow dayc1530 peep of the morning1530 prick of the day?1533 morning1535 day-breaking1565 creek1567 sunup1572 breach of the day1579 break of day or morn1584 peep of day1587 uprise1594 dawna1616 day-dawn1616 peep of dawn1751 strike of day1790 skreigh1802 sunbreak1822 day-daw1823 screech1829 dayclean1835 sun dawn1835 first light1838 morning-red1843 piccaninny sun1846 piccaninny daylightc1860 gloaming1873 glooming1877 sparrow-fart1886 crack1887 sun-spring1900 piccaninny dawn1936 ?c1422 T. Hoccleve Ars Sciendi Mori l. 847 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 209 Remembre or þat he come to the prikke. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 1920 (MED) Þe cite..Stood on þe prikke of his distruccioun. c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 6639 (MED) He was dryuen so ney the prikke, That he myght not his lippis likke. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 236 (MED) Was ther neuer man so wyk bot he myght amende when it com to the pryk. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Eiv At the prick of the day, au point du iour. < as lemmas |
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