单词 | the latest word |
释义 | > as lemmasthe latest word (ii) The final or conclusive statement, after which there is no more to be said; (in extended use) the ultimate form or expression of something, the finest, most advanced, or most fashionable specimen, the ‘latest thing’ (also the latest word). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > that which > concluding action, utterance, etc. > conclusive act, utterance, etc. clincher1737 settler1744 dernier mot1834 the last word1842 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > the very end last end?c1225 the farc1540 the far endc1540 faga1627 the last word1842 the end of the road1954 endsville1962 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [noun] > final or definitive statement categorica1734 the last word1842 1842 Times 14 Mar. 4/4 The question upon which Lord Aberdeen was supposed to have said the last word (the retention of their conquests in Africa by the French) was re-opened on Thursday by M. Guizot. 1852 Dwight's Jrnl. Music 10 July 110/2 Hector Berlioz, by some regarded as the last word in musical composition. 1881 S. Colvin Pref. to Select. Landor's Writings (1882) 6 Concerning this part of Landor's work,..Mr. Swinburne has in those two felicitous lines said the last word. 1888 Daily News 21 Sept. 5/6 The long mantles that are the latest ‘word’ of Paris fashions. 1934 A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 2 The last word in cocktail bars and peach-pink sanitary fittings. 1949 O. Renier tr. P. Geyl Napoleon ii. iii. 45 For a generation Thiers's was the last word on the subject, and his book overshadowed that of Lefebvre. 1989 P. Horowitz & W. Hill Art of Electronics (ed. 2) xiii. 904/1 GaAs FETs. The latest word in simple microwave amplifiers. 2004 Time Out 25 Aug. (Carnival Guide) 68/1 Simon Finch's rare books are the last word in coffee-tabletop cool. < as lemmas |
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