| 词汇 | last word |
| 词源 | last word. Since the end of the 19th century the last word has meant the ultimate in fashions. The expression, however, had been used in its literal sense three centuries before this. For ex- ample, take the last word, not words, of radiant British actress Ellen Terry (1847–1928), a word written in the dust on her bed table before she died in her sleep: happy. |
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