英语词汇“hard on the heels of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. hard on (also at, upon) the heels of and variants: closely following (either in time or space); in close pursuit of; very soon after. Cf. at (also on, upon, †in) a person's heels at heel n.¹ and int. Phrases 1a(a), hot on the heels of at hot adj. and n.¹ Phrases 6b.In early use chiefly after verbs of following or pursuit.

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1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xlix. 13) Death preaceth hard at your heeles.

1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man v. 503 The she-wolf..whose couetousnesse is followed hard at the heeles with enuie.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvii. xii. 636 Marcellus tracked him still, and followed him hard at heeles.

1687 I. Mather Serm. preached at Boston 11 Mar. 1686 (ed. 2) 94 Hell followes Death hard at the heels.

1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. 2 Tim. iii. 10 St Paul. went to Antioch, from Antioch to Iconium, from Iconium to Lystra, preaching the Gospel; but Persecution followed him hard at the Heels, wherever he went.

1769 J. Barker Nature of Inoculation Explained vii. 28 I have myself known putrid purgings..and obstinate intermittents, following hard upon the heels of a celebrated method.

1834 J. Browne Hist. Highlands I. xiv. 303 As M'Grimmon was hard upon his heels, Leslie purposely stumbled in his way and brought M'Grimmon down to the ground.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped iv. 35 A blinding flash..and hard upon the heels of it, a great tow-row of thunder.

1933 Boys' Mag. 47 119/2 He shot by a little group of runners, and in the backstretch was hard upon the heels of the four leaders.

1954 19th-cent. Fiction 9 207 Hard on its heels comes a rowdy scene with..Joseph pitying himself.

2008 Metro (Toronto) 18 Jan. 15/6 Hard on the heels of House & Garden Magazine's closure, another glossy decor title is saying farewell to the printed word.

单词	hard on the heels of
释义	> as lemmas hard on (also at, upon) the heels of P2. hard on (also at, upon) the heels of and variants: closely following (either in time or space); in close pursuit of; very soon after. Cf. at (also on, upon, †in) a person's heels at heel n.¹ and int. Phrases 1a(a), hot on the heels of at hot adj. and n.¹ Phrases 6b.In early use chiefly after verbs of following or pursuit. ΚΠ 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xlix. 13) Death preaceth hard at your heeles. 1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man v. 503 The she-wolf..whose couetousnesse is followed hard at the heeles with enuie. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvii. xii. 636 Marcellus tracked him still, and followed him hard at heeles. 1687 I. Mather Serm. preached at Boston 11 Mar. 1686 (ed. 2) 94 Hell followes Death hard at the heels. 1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. 2 Tim. iii. 10 St Paul. went to Antioch, from Antioch to Iconium, from Iconium to Lystra, preaching the Gospel; but Persecution followed him hard at the Heels, wherever he went. 1769 J. Barker Nature of Inoculation Explained vii. 28 I have myself known putrid purgings..and obstinate intermittents, following hard upon the heels of a celebrated method. 1834 J. Browne Hist. Highlands I. xiv. 303 As M'Grimmon was hard upon his heels, Leslie purposely stumbled in his way and brought M'Grimmon down to the ground. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped iv. 35 A blinding flash..and hard upon the heels of it, a great tow-row of thunder. 1933 Boys' Mag. 47 119/2 He shot by a little group of runners, and in the backstretch was hard upon the heels of the four leaders. 1954 19th-cent. Fiction 9 207 Hard on its heels comes a rowdy scene with..Joseph pitying himself. 2008 Metro (Toronto) 18 Jan. 15/6 Hard on the heels of House & Garden Magazine's closure, another glossy decor title is saying farewell to the printed word. extracted from hardadv. < as lemmas
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