| 单词 | time of the day |
| 释义 | > as lemmastime of the day a. time of day (also time of the day). extracted from timen.int.conj. (a) A point or period in the course of a day or of the diurnal cycle; = sense A. 14b. In later use also: a point or stage in any period or course of events (somewhat colloquial). ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [noun] > the time or time of day tidea900 timeOE time of the dayc1225 hourc1315 clocka1616 age of the day1632 c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 18 (MED) As þah hit were þe seoueðe time of þe dei. a1325 (?c1300) Northern Passion (Cambr. Gg.1.1) l. 407 (MED) It is time of dai man to wake, Som del of mi sorwe sclake. c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §33. 42 This is no mor to seyn but any tyme of the day tak the altitude of the sonne. 1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Norbert (1977) l. 2387 What for þe sunne sore he gan to swete..Tyme of þe day was euene þe nontyde. a1547 J. Redford Moral Play Wit & Sci. (1848) 3 Ah! syr, what tyme of day yst? 1595 A. Copley Wits Fittes & Fancies ii. 78 They are by this time of day deep rooted in his beleefe. 1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck iii. sig. E3 How runnes the time of day?.. Past tenne my Lord. 1700 J. Collier 2nd Def. Short View Stage 114 The Favour of a Prince was not..unreputable at that time of day. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 21 I will not begin at this time of day to distress my tenants, because they..cannot make regular payments. 1783 Encycl. Brit. X. 8716/1 The precise time of the day in which the flowers of different plants open, expand, and shut. 1810 R. B. Sheridan Let. 20 Apr. (1966) III. 83 Without dissembling the hardship it [sc. not having a servant] will be to me, At my Time of Day. 1862 Bradford Advertiser 15 Mar. 6/1 No man at this time of day pretends to maintain, that [etc.]. 1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 25 A watch... At least 'twad ha'e tald him the time o' the day. 1905 Sat. Rev. 28 Jan. 107/1 At this time of day it seems incredible that any modern shrub should suffer the abhorred shears. 1937 Times 29 July 10/2 That such varied theories should at this time of day be advanceable but serves to show how much we are in the dark. 1981 D. Anderson Rough Layout xii. 93 The worst time of the day was when your father would come home. 2007 D. S. Wilson Evol. for Everyone xii. 75 Morning sickness..is better named pregnancy sickness because it can occur at any time of day. (b) (i) to give (wish, etc.) the time of day (to). (1) To greet (as by saying ‘good morning’, etc.). Now rare and somewhat archaic. ΚΠ 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iii. i. 14 In the morne, When euery one will giue the time of day. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Saluër, to salute, greet,..giue the time of the day vnto. 1674 tr. P. M. de la Martinière New Voy. Northern Countries 92 Discerning we were strangers, [he] saluted us in Dutch, gave us the time of the day. 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 300 It shall be always allow'd to give the Time of the Day, but no New-Years-Gifts. 1844 Literary Garland Mar. 116/1 He smiled, and lifting his hat from his head, gave her the time of day. 1906 S. Ford Shorty McCabe vii. 165 She had her lamps turned our way, and I hears Sadie give her the time of the day as sweet as you please. 1913 A. Huxley Let. 30 July (1969) 48 Dearest Father, Just to wish you the time of day and so forth. (2) colloquial. To be civil towards, acknowledge the presence of, help or cooperate with (a person). Chiefly in negative contexts. ΚΠ 1851 A. Spiers Dict. Général Français–Anglais (ed. 3) 105/1 Ne pas traiter q. u. [= quelqu'un] avec les [civilité]s ordinaires,..not to give a. o. [= any one] the time of the day. 1902 ‘M. E. Francis’ Manor Farm xxii. 347 And ye won't so much as give her the time o' day! 1964 Charleston (W. Virginia) Daily Mail 7 Jan. 6/2 Some hens are talkative; others are close-mouthed and wouldn't give you the time of day. 1979 A. Maling Koberg Link (1980) xxiii. 123 You've come to the wrong place. Paul Carmichael won't give me the time of day. 2005 B. Keating & S. Keating Blood Sisters (2006) ii. 31 The Britishers will never consider us as their own... They won't give us the time of day when Uhuru comes. (ii) Used in greetings, as (good, fair) time of day (to you). Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > terms of greeting God give you good dayc1275 hail be thou (also ye)c1275 pax vobisc1275 how do ye?1570 (good, fair) time of day (to you)1597 how goes it?1598 I salute youa1616 savea1616 how do you find yourself?a1646 how-do-you-do1697 how do?1886 how are you popping (up)?1894 how's (less frequently how are) tricks?1915 how's (or how are) things (or, originally Australia and New Zealand, tricks?)1926 how's life?1931 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 18 Good time of day vnto your royall grace. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V v. ii. 3 To our brother France, Faire time of day. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iv. sig. D2 The time of daye to you Gentleman: is Signior Prospero stirring? View more context for this quotation 1813 C. Lamb Mr. H. ii. i. 24 Good time of day to you, Mr. Hogsflesh. 1842 T. Cross Edric v. vii. 98 Good time of day to William's chosen chief. 1979 E. Bentley tr. H. von Kleist Wannsee in Mass. Rev. Autumn 548/1 Rosalie: This is Count Frederick, Sybilla. Sybilla: The time of day to you, most noble sir! (iii) to pass the time of day: to exchange greetings, pleasantries, or casual remarks; to spend time chatting, usually briefly. ΚΠ 1835 N.-Y. Spectator 22 June This [sc. ‘howdy’] is an idiom, and corresponds rather to our fashion of ‘passing the time of day’ with a man. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 175 ‘To pass the time of day’. To greet in passing, as ‘Good morning’, &c. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 280 I was just passing the time of day with old Troy..and be damned but a bloody sweep came along and he near drove his gear into my eye. 1965 Listener 23 Sept. 453/2 The English chaps would pretend..to be very friendly and jovial and pass the time of day and that sort of thing. 2000 F. Keane Stranger's Eye 159 Men were starting to patrol without flak jackets and stopping to pass the time of day with people on the street. (c) As the type of something of little value, in negative expressions, esp. not worth the time of day.Apparently rare before the 20th cent. ΚΠ 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xvii. 35 None woulde looke on her..and helde a Mawkin not worth the time of day . View more context for this quotation 1898 Salt Lake Semi-Weekly Tribune 27 Dec. 5/4 That jay ain't worth her time of day. 1947 San Jose (Calif.) Evening News 24 Apr. 19/2 I never met a tough guy who was worth the time of day. 1977 A. Mitra Calcutta Diary xxxiv. 146 The credibility of the Government has been so much eroded that many will not trust it even with the time of the day. 2007 J. D. Mason This Fire Down in my Soul 191 Married men were no–no's and not worth the time of day, and Lewis wasn't even her type. (d) colloquial or slang. The prevailing aspect of affairs; the state of the case; the right or most effective way of doing something (esp. when this is regarded as not generally known). In later use chiefly in to know the time of day: to be well-informed, to ‘know what's what’ (cf. to know what o'clock it is at o'clock adv. 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > circumstance [phrase] > state of affairs casec1405 state of time (also times)1534 state of (the) case1577 time of day1667 carte du pays1744 1667 M. Poole Dialogue between Popish Priest & Protestant 161 No friend, it is not that time of day. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 10 If that be done, I know, quickly what time of day 'twill be with us. View more context for this quotation 1690 Char. Jacobite 3 They give him such Counsel as they believe him inclined to..which is a kind of setting the Sun by the Dyal; so that the King never knows what time of day 'tis among his Subjects. 1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 131 Who should I meet, but a jolly blowen, Who was fly to the time o' day. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxviii. 422 Steady, Sir, steady; that's the time o' day. 1897 ‘Ouida’ Massarenes xxvii ‘She knows the time o' day’, said the other. 1910 W. Boyle Mineral Workers i. 9 Mary Mulroy, it's a good job for you someone knows the time of day. If they didn't, you and Ned and this feather-headed son o' yours 'id be made hares of. 1993 J. Grigg Hist. ‘The Times’ VI. 47 Heath he had every reason to admire, as a Conservative who knew the time of day and as a dedicated European. 2010 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 23 Nov. (Sport section) 14 He was a good trainer and he knew the time of day. < as lemmas |
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