| 单词 | the admiration of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe admiration of —— 3. A cause of wonder, high regard, or esteem. In early use also: †a marvellous or astonishing thing (obsolete). Later chiefly in the admiration of ——. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > a marvel, object of wonder wonderc700 wonderinga1100 selcouthc1175 sellya1200 ferlyc1275 wondernessc1275 wonder thingc1290 adventurec1300 marvelc1300 marvellingc1400 wonderelc1440 signc1450 admiration1490 wonderment1542 wondering stockc1555 miracle-worker1561 singularity1576 stupor mundi1587 miracle1595 marvellation1599 portent1607 astonishment1611 prodigy1616 magnale1623 magnality1646 mirable1646 phenomenon1741 gaping-stock1817 reacher1825 stunner1829 buster1833 caution1834 merry-go-rounder1838 knock-down1843 astonisher1871 marvelry1874 mazer1876 phenom1881 whizzer1888 knock-out1892 whizz1908 doozy1916 doozer1930 heart-stopper1940 blockbuster1942 ooh-ah1957 mind-blower1968 stonker1987 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person or thing carbunclea1350 swanc1386 phoenixc1400 diamondc1440 broocha1464 surmounterc1500 sovereign?a1513 primrose peerless1523 superlative1577 transcendent1593 Arabian birda1616 crack1637 first rate1681 peach1710 phoenicle1711 admiration1717 spanker1751 first-raterc1760 no slouch of1767 nailer1806 tip-topper1822 ripper1825 ripstaver1828 apotheosis1832 clinker1836 clipper1836 bird1839 keener1839 ripsnorter1840 beater1845 firecracker1845 pumpkin1845 screamer1846 stunner1847 bottler1855 beaut1866 bobby-dazzler1866 one out of the box1867 stem-winder1875 corker1877 trimmer1878 hot stuff1884 daisy1886 jim-dandy1887 cracker1891 jim-hickey1895 peacherino1896 pippin1897 alpha plus1898 peacherine1900 pip1900 humdinger1905 bosker1906 hummer1907 good egg1914 superstar1914 the berries1918 bee's knee1923 the cat's whiskers1923 smash1923 smash hit1923 brahma1925 dilly1935 piss-cutter1935 killer1937 killer-diller1938 a hard act to follow1942 peacheroo1942 bitch1946 brammerc1950 hot shit1960 Tiffany1973 bollocks1981 1490 W. Caxton tr. Boke yf Eneydos xxvii. sig. Giiij The harde & sorowfull admyracions [Fr. admiracions] that thenne made palmyerus yt was maistre of eneas shippe, ben declared. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 43 Ther is ane vthir admiration of the variant course of the mune. c1565 ‘T. C.’ tr. G. Boccaccio Galesus Cymon & Iphigenia sig. B.i This chang, to Courtiers seemed strang a wonder, to his feeres: An admiration, to his kinne, a ioy to fathers yeares. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. i. 87 Now good Lafew, Bring in the admiration, that we with thee May spend our wonder too. View more context for this quotation 1654 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes III. vi. 106 My desires ayme only,..that you may be the admiration of the people over whom you are to raign. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 16 Jan. (1965) I. 296 The young prince..is the admiration of the whole court. 1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 189 He was the gazing-stock and admiration of all people. 1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) xii. 133 Joe's house is the admiration of all who know what comfort is. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi liv. 388 He was the admiration of all the mothers, and the detestation of all their sons. 1902 Out West Aug. 167 The average California family of the day was an admiration to many chroniclers. 1975 in Sc. National Dict. (1976) X. at Admire It was a admiration ta everybody at he could dü it. 2000 M. G. Brock in M. G. Brock & M. C. Curthoys Hist. Univ. Oxf. VII. 865 The Greats course, which resulted from Oxford's preponderant classical tradition, was the admiration of the university world. < as lemmas |
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