单词 | to work a miracle |
释义 | > as lemmasto work a miracle b. to work a miracle: to perform a miracle. In later use also (usually in form to work miracles): to do or achieve something remarkable, outstanding, or seemingly impossible. Π c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 2569 Seint germayn..prechede as ned was, & vair miracle wroȝte. a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 2726 (MED) God..Gret myracules for hurre he wrouȝte. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xiii. sig. I5 Or that she, (goddesse like) would work this miracle in her selfe. 1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe iii. 119 I might work miracles to change again The hard to soft! 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. x. 247 I know it will non-plus his power to work a true miracle. 1651 J. F. tr. H. C. Agrippa Three Bks. Occult Philos. 563 There be a certain art to foretell, and work miracles. 1705 W. Nicolson London Diaries 19 Nov. (1985) 305 He took notice of Her Majesty's working Miracles by Her Speech, in bringing all men to be zealous for the Hannover-Succession. 1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XIII. 308 A band of enthusiastick shepherds, who pretended to work miracles. 1872 W. H. Dixon W. Penn (rev. ed.) ii. 12 The miracles wrought by Spanish saints. 1892 Harper's Mag. Feb. 455/2 In parts in which he can call in the aid of make-up, he works miracles of metamorphosis. 1929 Travel Jan. 21/1 Magnesia drinking water..works miracles for dyspeptics. 1994 S. Sonnett Restraint ii. 20 I get paid to do my best, not to work miracles. 2005 D. Cruickshank Around World in 80 Treasures 117 Siva is reputed to have worked a number of miracles in and around the site of modern Madurai. < as lemmas |
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