| 单词 | all's well |
| 释义 | > as lemmasall's well P1. all's well: (a) Military as a sentry's reply, indicating that an answer to a challenge is satisfactory; (b) as a watchman's or sentinel's call, indicating that no trouble or disturbance has been encountered (now historical) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > indicate successful outcome [interjection] all's well1741 1741 in Georgia Hist. Soc. Coll. (1842) II. 116 This deponent..[was] bound with ropes..for refusing to cry ‘all is well’, when he was an out-sentry. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine All's well! an acclamation of safety or security pronounced by a centinel..at the time of striking the bell each half-hour during..the night watch. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Pass All's Well, a term used by a British sentry after he has challenged a person that comes near his post, [etc.]. 1803 T. Dibdin Eng. Fleet iii. ii. Duet ‘Who goes there? Stranger—quickly tell;’ ‘A friend,’—the word—‘Good night—All's well’. 1824 N.Y. Mirror 3 Apr. 285/1 He heard the watchman, stationed on the top of the City Hall, bawl out, ‘Twelve o'clock, and all's well!’ 1863 J. M. Bannatyne Guide Exam. Promotion Regimental Officers in Infantry (ed. 3) I. i. 16 Q. If the person approaching a sentry, on being challenged, gives a satisfactory reply, what should the sentry say? A. ‘Pass, friend—All's well.’ 1920 P. Gibbs Now it can be Told ii. iv. 78 ‘Who goes there?’ It was a cockney voice. ‘Friends.’ ‘Pass, friends. All's well.’ 1922 Rotarian Oct. 185/1 The watchman on his nightly round still proclaims the hour..and assures the citizens that ‘All's well’. 1998 J. Druett Hen Frigates ii. 57 In 1838 Hannah Winn described the watchman calling out ‘All's well’ as he struck the bell at night. 2008 H. Maxwell-Stewart Closing Hell's Gates vi. 125 The watchman's call of ‘all's well’ and the sentry's answering cry from the wharf. < as lemmas |
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