| 单词 | tidings |
| 释义 | tidings (once / 466 pages) n Tidings is an old-fashioned word for recent news. If someone says "I bring you good tidings!" it means they have information to share that you'll probably like. Even though this word appears to be related to tide, tidings is actually thought to come from the Old English word tidan, which means "to happen." This term is a little unusual since it’s almost always in the plural form; you would never say, "I bring you a good tiding"! WORD FAMILYtiding: tidings+/tidal: intertidal/tide: tidal, tided, tides, tiding, undertide/undertide: undertides USAGE EXAMPLESIn the novel, a teen-ager named Theo, worn down with grim tidings, frames the problem of modern optimism in terms of scale. The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) The merry tidings get a wry, ominous undercurrent. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) They meant that leaders were cooperating and that transparency prevailed, no matter how banal the particular tidings. Slate(Dec 21, 2016) n information about recent and important events Syn|Hypo|Hyper intelligence, news, word good word good news latestthe most recent news or development updatenews that updates your information info, information a message received and understood |
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