单词 | all along |
释义 | all alongadv.adj. A. adv. 1. All the time, from the beginning, throughout; continuously, without interruption. Cf. right along at right adv. Phrases 5. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adverb] > throughout the whole of a period longc1275 straight1446 all alongc1450 anytime?1589 the world > action or operation > continuing > [adverb] > in a continuous manner or without stopping fastlyOE anonOE everOE everylikec1225 continuallyc1305 atreet1340 unceasinglyc1340 perpetuallyc1385 incessably1398 desselya1400 ithandlya1400 dreichlyc1400 restlessc1400 contunely1447 all alongc1450 dessantlyc1460 incessantly1481 still opece1488 uncessantlya1500 continuinglya1513 in ane1513 away1526 incessant1558 restlessly1567 square1570 stintless1598 ceaselessly?1606 residently1609 unrestingly1621 indesinently1651 jugially1654 unintermissively1656 constantly1682 hand to fist1706 forever1753 unintermittingly1784 round the clock1816 continuously1826 unpausingly1831 sustainedly1842 pauselessly1845 remorselessly1845 around the clock1872 play-by-play1889 ball-by-ball1906 non-stop1920 solidly1937 society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > type of binding > [adverb] all alongc1450 c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 682 (MED) The Fume in her presence..lasted alle alonge. 1576 J. Fouler in tr. T. More Brief Fourme of Confession To Rdr. sig. a6v The Doctrine and practise of the knowen Catholique Churche, not onely these present times, but al times and ages euen from Christe and his Apostles all along. 1629 H. Burton Babel No Bethel 91 Your tongue all along hath not failed to cut like a sharpe razor. 1670 R. Baxter Cure Church-div. 280 The same all along I may say about the Relicts of Martyrs. c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 76 The Bishops..have..continued all allong from the apostles. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 463. ¶8 I have all along declared this to be a Neutral Paper. c1745 D. Hume Let. (1932) I. 83 My Lord..says that you have all along utterly mistaken his meaning. 1827 T. Carlyle German Romance I. Pref. p. xii They are German Novelists, not English ones; and their Germanhood I have all along regarded as a quality, not as a fault. 1861 W. F. Hook Lives Archbps. i. vi. 310 The Church..had been all along, the point of centralisation. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. vii. 123 This impost was all along felt to be a great burthen. 1938 A. Berkeley Not to be Taken xii. 223 That was plucky of you, Rona, at all events. But you've been plucky all along. 1976 M. Machlin Pipeline xlviii. 505 I've known all along it was a Goddamn fool plan. 2000 W. Self How Dead Live (2001) iv. 94 What they've failed to account for all along is the creeping cosmopolitanism that's transforming their culture. 2. Bookbinding. Usually with hyphen. With the thread passed continuously from kettle stitch to kettle stitch, using every sewing support along the fold of each gathering. Also with reference to a machine-sewn book: with the full number of stitches used in the sewing of each section. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [adverb] all along1829 bibliopegically1896 1829 London Encycl. IV. 308/1 The needle is then inserted on the other side of the band and brought out at the next band, and so on until it is sewed all along. 1880 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Art of Bookbinding 167 When a volume is sewed, and the thread passes from kettle-stitch to kettle-stitch, or from end to end in each sheet, it is said to be sewed ‘all-along’. 1905 Q. Iowa Libr. Comm. Jan. 19/1 If it is worn it must be stitched ‘all along’ on a sewing machine. 1997 J. M. Sheppard Buildwas Bks. 70 Sewn all-along with white thread, Z-twist. B. adj. Bookbinding. Usually with hyphen. Of the sewing of books: done all-along (sense A. 2). ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > type of binding > [adjective] full-bound1705 super-extra1774 half-bound1775 Etruscan1792 antique1794 Russia-bound1808 vellum-bound1836 vellum-covered1836 quarter-bound1842 cloth-bound1860 limp1863 cottage1874 monastic1880 parchment-bound1881 yapped1882 all along1888 Grolieresque1889 Maioli1890 perfect1890 treed calf1892 Lyonnais1893 hardback1894 dos-à-dos1952 perfect bound1960 spiral-bound1961 spiral1977 1888 Amer. Bookmaker Apr. 95/2 They do ‘all along’ sewing. 1904 Public Libraries 9 271/2 ‘All along’ sewing takes longer and is more expensive; ‘2 or 3 on’ is as good sewing as most libraries can afford. 1975 M. Banister Bookbinding as Handcraft viii. 63/2 The thread is kettle-stitched at head and tail as in all-along sewing. 2004 J. Cambras Compl. Bk. of Bookbinding 40 ‘All-along’ sewing in which the thread passes inside the signature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.adj.c1450 |
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