单词 | all aboard! |
释义 | > as lemmasall aboard! Phrases P1. all aboard! a. A call warning passengers to board a ship that is about to depart. Also used (chiefly U.S.) with reference to trains, buses, and other vehicles. ΚΠ 1704 M. Pix Violenta 96 His better fate o'er-rul'd that working Sea, And for a Wind, the waiting Pilgirms lay: Now the general Cry was, All aboard, Just as the Men arriv'd, and found their Lord. 1819 W. Crafts Sea Serpent iii. ii. 31 Quick then all aboard! With nets! harpoons! and ammunition stored. 1871 P. T. Barnum Struggles & Triumphs 363 I should have expected..to have seen him dressed in a pea jacket, blowing off steam, and crying out ‘all aboard that's going’. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xv. 251 All aboard for Yosemite and the Big Trees. 1903 A. D. McFaul Ike Glidden in Maine xxxi. 297 He and his bride boarded the train, and the conductor announced, ‘All aboard’. 1991 National Geographic Traveler Nov. 70/1 Then you will hear a distant ‘All aboooard’! and with mighty chuffs it seems to rattle away. b. In extended use, as an encouragement or signal to set off on a course, start a task, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [interjection] > warning to board ship all aboard!1838 1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 76 He..gave himself a gentle impulse, crying ‘All aboard!’ and slid slowly but majestically down. 1878 I. L. Bird Lady's Life Rocky Mts. (1879) 148 ‘Head them [sc. cattle] off, boys!’ our leader shouted; ‘all aboard! hark away!’ and..away we all went at a hand-gallop. c1890 D. McK. Wright in A. E. Woodhouse N.Z. Farm & Station Verse (1950) 33 All aboard! all aboard! is the cry They're a ripping lot of shearers in the shed. 1911 W. H. Koebel In Maoriland Bush viii. 122 Then comes the..signal to commence work [sc. shearing]—the stentorian cry of ‘All Aboard’. 1928 A. E. Andrews C. C. Andrews: Recoll. 1829–1922 169 At dusk a non-commissioned officer of the guard would call out ‘All aboard’, and upstairs we promptly would go. 1931 A. J. Cronin Hatter's Castle i. ii. 41 We'll kick off on the leppers. All aboard for the Donegal Hunt. 1985 M. Parfit South Light (1988) xi. 145 An exercise bicycle. ‘All aboard!’ shouted Roald. 1996 Smash Hits 27 Mar. 57/2 All aboard for train noises, dubby house sounds, clangin' bells and housin' beats. P2. to take aboard: to incorporate, adopt, or assimilate; to take on. Cf. to take on board at board n. 14e. ΚΠ 1899 T. Mackay Hist. Eng. Poor Law III. i. iv. 99 The pilot who weathered the storm was compelled to take aboard six hundred millions of debt by way of ballast. 1949 Musical Q. 35 220 It was inevitable..that in taking aboard the string tactics from their source much of the esthetic embarked too. 1974 D. Norden in F. Muir & D. Norden Upon my Word 86 The Principal agreed to take the child aboard. 1997 Guardian 28 May 21/8 Evidence..that the reform and deregulation messages have been fully taken aboard. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 June 20/3 Covent Garden has jettisoned its faithful, long-serving production of Arabella and taken aboard a glitzy travesty. < as lemmas |
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