英语词汇“to work wonders”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to work a wonder: to perform a miracle. In later use chiefly (usually in form to work wonders): to do or achieve something remarkable or outstanding; esp. to have a very beneficial effect (on a person or thing).

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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [verb (intransitive)] > work wonders or miracles

to do wondersc950

to work a wonderOE

miracle1548

wonder1785

thaumaturgize1891

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > be a matter of wonder [verb (intransitive)] > perform wonders

to work a wonderOE

Thamesa1777

to burn the Thames1787

OE Beowulf (2008) 930 A mæg God wyrcan wunder æfter wundre.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9499 Crist..wrohhte wunndre miccle ma Þann icc ȝuw maȝȝ nu tellenn.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) 487 He..þurh wicchecreftes wurchið summe wundres.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 125 By wycchecraft he schal wirche wondres.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 785 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 119 He couth wirk wounderis quhat way yat he wald.

1588 C. Lucar tr. N. Tartaglia 3 Bks. Shooting i. i. 5 If you can make me to see this which I do not beleeue, you shal work a wonder.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Theomagical, pertaining to the wisdome of God, or that works wonders by his help.

1681 Heraclitus Ridens 22 Nov. 2/1 Such kind of Pamphlets work Wonders with the credulous multitude.

1704 T. Gale Serm. Holy-days 51 Others of them think they can work Wonders in Chronology.

1781 tr. Comtesse de Genlis Theatre of Educ. I. 36 The short conversation you have just had with Sabina, has worked wonders.

1844 Foreign Missionary Chron. Aug. 239/1 Love can work wonders.

1867 A. P. Smith Hist. 76th Regiment N.Y. State Volunteers xii. 145 He who can jump astride a hobby, and deem himself able to work a wonder in a day, will..find himself wonderfully mistaken.

1903 Pall Mall Mag. Aug. 516/2 He worked wonders at Ferney. The place bloomed.

1912 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Soc. Sci. 40 180 The open fireplace can work social wonders if people will only give it a chance.

1980 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 99 56 Yhwh's working a wonder..is, in fact, the revelation of the messenger's divine status.

2011 Guardian 28 May (Weekend Suppl.) 63/1 Smooth a dollop of illuminator underneath your foundation... Works wonders on grey, hungover complexions.

单词	to work wonders
释义	> as lemmas to work wonders a. to work a wonder: to perform a miracle. In later use chiefly (usually in form to work wonders): to do or achieve something remarkable or outstanding; esp. to have a very beneficial effect (on a person or thing). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [verb (intransitive)] > work wonders or miracles to do wondersc950 to work a wonderOE miracle1548 wonder1785 thaumaturgize1891 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > be a matter of wonder [verb (intransitive)] > perform wonders to work a wonderOE Thamesa1777 to burn the Thames1787 OE Beowulf (2008) 930 A mæg God wyrcan wunder æfter wundre. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9499 Crist..wrohhte wunndre miccle ma Þann icc ȝuw maȝȝ nu tellenn. c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) 487 He..þurh wicchecreftes wurchið summe wundres. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 125 By wycchecraft he schal wirche wondres. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 785 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 119 He couth wirk wounderis quhat way yat he wald. 1588 C. Lucar tr. N. Tartaglia 3 Bks. Shooting i. i. 5 If you can make me to see this which I do not beleeue, you shal work a wonder. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Theomagical, pertaining to the wisdome of God, or that works wonders by his help. 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 22 Nov. 2/1 Such kind of Pamphlets work Wonders with the credulous multitude. 1704 T. Gale Serm. Holy-days 51 Others of them think they can work Wonders in Chronology. 1781 tr. Comtesse de Genlis Theatre of Educ. I. 36 The short conversation you have just had with Sabina, has worked wonders. 1844 Foreign Missionary Chron. Aug. 239/1 Love can work wonders. 1867 A. P. Smith Hist. 76th Regiment N.Y. State Volunteers xii. 145 He who can jump astride a hobby, and deem himself able to work a wonder in a day, will..find himself wonderfully mistaken. 1903 Pall Mall Mag. Aug. 516/2 He worked wonders at Ferney. The place bloomed. 1912 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Soc. Sci. 40 180 The open fireplace can work social wonders if people will only give it a chance. 1980 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 99 56 Yhwh's working a wonder..is, in fact, the revelation of the messenger's divine status. 2011 Guardian 28 May (Weekend Suppl.) 63/1 Smooth a dollop of illuminator underneath your foundation... Works wonders on grey, hungover complexions. extracted from workv. < as lemmas
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