| 单词 | white rabbits |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite rabbits P4. In plural. Also white rabbits. Uttered for good luck, esp. on the first day of a month. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > spell > incantation > word used in or as abracadabra1565 hocus-pocus1632 prestoa1640 abraxas1713 abrasax1737 sesame1785 open sesame1814 karakia1832 white rabbits1905 1905 Academy 7 Jan. 22/2 Many children believe that if, on the first day of the month, they succeed in saying the word ‘Rabbits’ before it is said to them, they will receive a present. 1920 ‘D. Yates’ Courts of Idleness ii. ii. 195 On the first day of the month you have to say ‘Rabbits’. If you say it to me first, I have to give you a present, and if I say it to you first, you have to give me a present. 1949 H. Nicolson Diary 31 Dec. (1968) 178 I hear the clock strike midnight and say ‘rabbits’... That is the end of 1949. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xiii. 299 ‘On the first morning of the month,’ notes a typical informant, ‘before speaking to anyone else, one must say “White rabbits, white rabbits, white rabbits” for luck.’ 1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xii. 370 Besides, behind her back, rabbitsrabbits, she's crossing her treacherous fingers. 2006 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 2 Nov. 9 I have said ‘White Rabbits’ at the very moment of waking on every single first day of every single month that has passed. My mother..told me to do it, to bring good fortune. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。