| 单词 | in a slow hurry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a slow hurry P2. North American colloquial and regional. in a slow hurry: at a measured, unrushed pace; in a state of slow but steady progress. Cf. to hasten slowly at hasten v. Phrases. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [phrase] > without haste in (good) leisurec1315 by leisurec1386 soft and fairc1391 to go slow1664 in a slow hurry1849 1849 Knickerbocker July 17 We never sot down to an essay of his which was n't perfectly unique and readable-through, and dashed off with a concealed art and in a slow hurry. 1962 L. Floren Last Gun xv. 214 The world was going to hell then. It's still going to hell. But it sure gets there in a slow hurry! 2014 Toronto Star (Nexis) 20 Sept. a21 Commuters stuck behind him fume at the pace of his tractor. ‘They're in a big hurry to get nowhere and I'm in a slow hurry to get somewhere,’ the lifelong farmer explains. < as lemmas |
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