| 单词 | big thing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbig thing big thing n. colloquial (originally U.S.) something important, impressive, or popular; (esp. in early use) spec. a promising or potentially profitable scheme, opportunity, etc.; cf. next big thing n. at next adj., adv., and n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > promise, ground of hope > [noun] > a promising affair big thing1846 1846 Lives of Felons ii. 15 The senior high constable of Philadelphia..recollected that Harry White..who he had been lately using as a ‘stool pigeon’, or secret informer, had informed him..that ‘a big thing’ was coming off shortly. 1862 Campfire Songster 48 There's a big thing coming, boys. 1884 Sat. Rev. 7 June 740/1 The entertainment now offered..is emphatically a Big Thing after the most approved fashion of American Big Things. 1909 Lima (Ohio) Times Democrat 29 July 2/8 But the big thing just now is the post office, and the boys are backing Captain Albert E Gale across the board to win, for place and to show. 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) xix. 319 It'd be a big thing, Alec... You're in on this, in on the ground floor. 1970 T. Murphy Whistle in Dark i. 11 Don't make a big thing out of it. Harry was drunk that night. 1994 P. Baker Blood Posse xx. 225 Ain't no big thing, honey. I've flushed a few myself. < as lemmas |
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