- 1及時雨；天賜之物
A godsend is something good that arrives when you really need it — money, help, a quiet room, a job, even rain. The old picture was “something God sent.” Though actually, people with no church at all say it, and they mean “just what I needed,” not a miracle they can prove. It is a warm, everyday noun. You say “a godsend.” You can even say it to a person: “You are a godsend.” It does not sound slang, and it does not sound stiff.
core核心畫面
組成Once said as God’s send: God + ’s + send, when send still meant “the act of sending.” So the picture is “something God sent.” The words later stuck together as godsend.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
godsendnoun/ˈɡɒdsɛnd/
- 1
An instance of unexpected benefit or good fortune; a windfall.
- "You do, indeed, seem to take it to heart!" exclaimed the actress, an expression of jealous anger crossing her features; "why, it is quite a God-send for you! many a heart is caught in the rebound.[…]"
- [O]nce again, as in 1803, we were on the brink of being sacrificed to the very lunacies of retrenchment. By a mere god-send, more troops happened to arrive from the Indian continent.
- 2
archaicregionalAn instance of unexpected benefit or good fortune; a windfall.
- Its seldom sic [such] rich Godsends come on our coast—no since the Jenny and James came ashore in King Charlie's time.
- 3
A person who provides greatly needed assistance.
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