| 单词 | ray of sunshine |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(little) ray of sunshine (little) ray of sunshine n. a person who brings happiness to the lives of others, a happy or vivacious person (in later use frequently ironic). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > action of cheering > one who or that which cheers gladderc1405 blithera1525 lifter1535 heartener1601 enlivener1774 sunbeam1872 ray of sunshine1885 cheerer-upper1907 1885 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 26 Dec. 8/1 The other little ray of sunshine has since grown dark, and yesterday, in the same coffin, little Eddie and Boney Bendy, aged 10 and 5 years were laid to rest. 1906 Lake County Times (Hammond, Indiana) 3 Aug. 6/4 Doing the little ray of sunshine act is all right if you can get someone to guarantee a salary. 1959 M. Scott White Elephant v. 56 Are you two in this to make money or just to be little rays of sunshine? 1978 ‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions xxxvii. 540 He hasn't exactly been a ray of sunshine up to now. 1998 R. L. Fleming She's All That (film script, revised) (O.E.D. Archive) 15 Laney Well, aren't you a ray of sunshine? Jesse I'm just being realistic. < as lemmas |
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