英语词汇“the end is nigh”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

6. Of approaching or impending times or events. Now chiefly in archaic phrases, as the end is nigh, etc.

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eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter: Canticles & Hymns (1965) vii. 51 Quia prope est dies perditionis eorum : forðon neh is deg forlorenisse heara.

OE Beowulf 1742 Bið se slæp to fæst..bona swiðe neah.

OE Blickling Homilies 107 Magon we þonne nu geseon..þæt þisses middangeardes ende swiþe neah is.

a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) 237 (MED) Þe tyme was ney Of þe ffrut to gadery.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Joel ii. 1 The day of the Lord cummeth, for niȝ [L. prope] is the day of derknessis and myst.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 14908 (MED) For he þe time sais command nei þar he for mans kind wil dei.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) James v. B The commynge of the Lorde draweth nye.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 7808 The night was so nighe, þat noyet hym sore.

1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Montague f. xxxv Than wo and wracke, desease, and nede be nyest.

a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea (1655) v. i. 44 Gentlemen, your limited hour draws nigh.

1653 A. Collins Divine Songs & Meditacions 94 Gray hairs presage to them the end is nigh.

1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cii. 26 Till the fresh air proclaim'd the morning nigh.

1710 A. Philips Pastorals vi. 24 The bloomy Season of the Year is nigh.

1789 E. Hands Death of Amnon 73 They sat till the mist that arose from the brook, Inform'd them the ev'ning was nigh.

1828 N. Hawthorne Fanshawe ix. 106 His courage..did not fail him, as the moment of need drew nigh.

1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 130 The hour is nigh—far nigher may it be Than yet I deem.

1908 J. Payne Carol & Cadence 137 But the end of night is nigh And the darkness in the East is greying, greying.

1934 C. L. Carmer Stars fell on Alabama 156 The Lord tol' me to dress this way and go tell the Pope his time is nigh.

1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 22 Feb. 2/5 The end of Britain's much envied university system is nigh.

单词	the end is nigh
释义	> as lemmas the end is nigh 6. Of approaching or impending times or events. Now chiefly in archaic phrases, as the end is nigh, etc. ΚΠ eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter: Canticles & Hymns (1965) vii. 51 Quia prope est dies perditionis eorum : forðon neh is deg forlorenisse heara. OE Beowulf 1742 Bið se slæp to fæst..bona swiðe neah. OE Blickling Homilies 107 Magon we þonne nu geseon..þæt þisses middangeardes ende swiþe neah is. a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) 237 (MED) Þe tyme was ney Of þe ffrut to gadery. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Joel ii. 1 The day of the Lord cummeth, for niȝ [L. prope] is the day of derknessis and myst. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 14908 (MED) For he þe time sais command nei þar he for mans kind wil dei. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) James v. B The commynge of the Lorde draweth nye. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 7808 The night was so nighe, þat noyet hym sore. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Montague f. xxxv Than wo and wracke, desease, and nede be nyest. a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea (1655) v. i. 44 Gentlemen, your limited hour draws nigh. 1653 A. Collins Divine Songs & Meditacions 94 Gray hairs presage to them the end is nigh. 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cii. 26 Till the fresh air proclaim'd the morning nigh. 1710 A. Philips Pastorals vi. 24 The bloomy Season of the Year is nigh. 1789 E. Hands Death of Amnon 73 They sat till the mist that arose from the brook, Inform'd them the ev'ning was nigh. 1828 N. Hawthorne Fanshawe ix. 106 His courage..did not fail him, as the moment of need drew nigh. 1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 130 The hour is nigh—far nigher may it be Than yet I deem. 1908 J. Payne Carol & Cadence 137 But the end of night is nigh And the darkness in the East is greying, greying. 1934 C. L. Carmer Stars fell on Alabama 156 The Lord tol' me to dress this way and go tell the Pope his time is nigh. 1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 22 Feb. 2/5 The end of Britain's much envied university system is nigh. extracted from nighadv.prep.adj.n. < as lemmas
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