单词 | all on |
释义 | > as lemmasall on P38. all on: (in fox hunting) an exclamation used to signal that all the dogs are present or accounted for. ΚΠ 1892 E. P. Elmhirst Fox-hound, Forest & Prairie 280 Foxes have no manners; foxhounds no courtesy—and neither one nor the other have the grace to wait till ‘All On’ announces the muster roll. 1936 D. W. E. Brock ABC of Fox-hunting 231 The whipper-in who, on counting the Pack finds that every hound is present, reports to his huntsman: ‘All on, sir!’ 1980 Duke of Beaufort Fox-Hunting App. 207 A pack is said to be ‘all on’ when all the hounds are there. 2006 H. J. Robards Foxhunting (2011) ii. 36 As he passes the whipper-in, he hears, ‘All on, sir.’ < as lemmas |
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