| 单词 | dead-on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdead-on b. Quite certain, sure, unerring. (Cf. dead certainty in sense A. 31a.) dead shot, one whose aim is certain death; so dead on the bird. dead-on: certain, unerring, exactly right (see quot. 1889). See also dead-hand n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > [adjective] wiseOE deada1592 sure-footed1633 inerring1661 unerring1679 safe1788 errorless1856 inerroneous1880 error-free1927 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > [adjective] > infallible unfailablec1450 infalliblea1492 inerrable1613 unerrable1616 inerrant1837 dead-on1889 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [adjective] wislyc1000 sickera1225 firm1377 unfailingc1400 decided1439 suredc1450 sure1470 infirmat1487 delivered1499 fast and sure1528 undeceivablea1535 undoubteda1535 certainc1540 true (also good, sure) as touch1590 constant1611 positivea1616 square1632 formal1635 unapocryphal1644 inconditional1646 inconditionate1654 undeceitful1673 unshakeable1677 unproblematic1683 unprecarious1688 unerring1697 safe1788 hard1791 unproblematical1792 decisive1800 dead-on1889 hands down1900 a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) iii. sig. F I am dead at a pocket sir..I can..picke a purse assoone as any theefe in my countrie. 1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum x. 74 It's a dead bait for a Trout. 1776 F. Marion in Harper's Mag. Sept. (1883) 547/2 It was so dead a shot they none of them said a word. 1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 42 A silent, stupid, and respectable country gentleman, a dead vote on one side of the House. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxvi. 261 With a gun in his hand, with much of the air of a dead shot. 1874 G. W. Dasent Half a Life II. 227 Those who do so..are almost always dead plucks. 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 300/2 Dead-on (riflemen), straight on. A rifle-shot talks of the aiming being dead-on when the day is so calm that he can aim straight at the bull's eye instead of having to allow to the right or left for wind. He is said to be dead-on himself when he is shooting very well. 1959 Punch 17 June 815/1 She sang all night with pure, dead-on tone. 1966 ‘K. Nicholson’ Hook, Line & Sinker ix. 102 Don't you think a gesture like this is simply dead-on, when it comes to showing how with-it the Church is today? < as lemmas |
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