单词 | every hour on the hour |
释义 | > as lemmasevery hour on the hour on the hour: (a) exactly at the hour named; (b) at the beginning of every hour; frequently in every hour on the hour. ΚΠ 1845 Times 8 Dec. 5/4 The solicitor with the plans of the Great West of England Railway..dashed up to the Great Ball turnpike-gate..just on the hour of 12. a1902 B. F. Morris Pit (1903) x. 405 When six o'clock struck, she made haste to assure herself that of course she could not expect him exactly on the hour. 1975 Listener 11 Dec. 788/2 News reporting on the hour..meant a great deal of repetition. 1977 C. Thomas Firefox (1978) vii. 201 The sensors are being thrust up through the floe from the submarine's sail every hour, on the hour. 1991 Sky Warriors 1 ii. 25/2 So, we are on the southerly route, we will out-brief on the hour, power on at 10 past the hour, for a roll time of 13.31 for an EP at Baggy Point at 14.30. 2002 T. Pinchuck et al. Rough Guide S. Afr. (ed. 3) 691 Open vehicles depart from here every hour on the hour to take visitors around pens and cages containing..endangered species. < as lemmas |
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