单词 | to say good night |
释义 | > as lemmasto say (also bid) good night a. Expressing good wishes on parting (or occasionally meeting) at night or before going to bed. Also in to say (also bid) good night (frequently as a general expression of farewell or leave-taking at the end of the day, without the implication that the word goodnight is necessarily used).Frequently replaced, esp. with regard to going to bed, with more informal equivalents: cf. night int., night-night int., nighty-night int. ΚΠ ?1496 in Lyfe Thre Kynges Coleyn (de Worde) sig. Fi Yf he sayd (Bona nox) yt is to saye Good nyght. 1544 in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) IV. 305 I will not bid you good night. Suddenly we shall meet again in the kingdom of heaven. a1556 Certaine Songs in N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) sig. I.ijv Good night Roger olde knaue. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 229 Good night, good night, parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow. View more context for this quotation 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 313 Good night..And flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest. View more context for this quotation 1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife iii. 52 Come let us go too: Madam, your Servant... Good night Strapper. 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 2 Nov. (1948) I. 79 Well, little monkies mine, I must go write; and so good night. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. iii. 83 Good night, lady. 1852 J. W. Carlyle Let. in Lett. & Memorials (1852) II. 177 And now good-night; I am off to bed. 1883 M. Oliphant Hester III. ii. 39 He put on his coat and went out, forgetting that it was his usual custom to go up stairs and say good-night to Catherine before doing so. 1917 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 380/2 ‘Good-night, you chaps,’ said one of the flight-commanders. 1976 ‘R. Boyle’ Cry Rape xxi. 94 Goodnight, Anne. Sleep tight. 1995 D. Lodge Therapy 81 It seemed a good exit line, so I got to my feet and bade them both goodnight. 2011 E. M. Smith Shadow of Olympus xix. 124 ‘Good night’ said Angela. ‘I hope you have a nice wedding.’ < as lemmas |
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