单词 | unluck |
释义 | unluckn. Bad luck, misfortune; unluckiness.Earliest as a count noun. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck un-i-limpOE unlimpc1175 mishap?c1225 unhap?c1225 mishappeningc1230 ames-ace?a1300 misadventure?a1300 ill hailc1300 misauntera1325 untiminga1325 miscasec1325 mischancec1325 misfall1340 misfarea1387 casec1390 infortunea1393 mishapping?a1400 unchancea1400 disadventurea1413 mischieving1432 infortuny?a1439 encumbermentc1440 misfortune1441 evil hail?c1450 malfortunea1470 unhappiness1470 maleurtee?1473 malheur?1473 evil health1477 unfortune1483 wanfortunea1500 disfortune1509 wanhap1513 ill, evil ch(i)eving?1518 mislucka1530 ill luck1548 unfortunacy?c1550 evilfare1556 unluck1556 hard luck1567 bad luck1575 miscasualty1588 disgrace1590 wanchance1599 disventure1612 misaccident1620 miscarriagec1625 hard lines1722 mishanter1754 malefit1755 miscanter1781 hard cheese1854 hard cheddar1893 schlimazel1911 tough luck1912 snake eyes1918 catch-arse1970 1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. N7 The fortune that vnto her ennemys makes to seake the onlockes [Sp. desgracias]. ?1575 C. Vitell tr. H. Niclaes Reuelatio Dei viii. f. 15v To inherit all Vnluck, Death, Hell, and Condemnation, in the hellish Fire, rather then that same louelie Beeinge of God. 1661 W. Howell Inst. Gen. Hist. iii. ix. 718 When he made the accustomed prayers in the Capitol for prosperous successe, they spoke of unluck auspicia and prodigies which had hapned. 1795 E. Wynne Diary 16 Jan. (1937) II. ii. 12 This feast has great many misfortunes we have every day more unluck. 1838 Cruikshank's Comic Almanack i. 142 Last Friday was a notable instance of my unluck. 1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 94 That bad management..might have something to do with the unluck of his stock. 1922 Tel.-Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) 30 July 10/8 The unluck of being caught in the face by a flying spider's thread when going on a journey. 1962 J. Clavell King Rat i. viii. 103 Now they were all steeped in unluck. 2012 Border Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 11 Apr. (Sport section) 47 That's just the unluck of the draw. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1556 |
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