| 单词 | in haste |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin haste Phrases P1. in haste. a. With energetic speed; quickly, speedily. Hence also in in all haste: as quickly as possible, with all speed.Formerly also † on haste. [Compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French en haste (12th cent.; French en hâte), a haste (12th cent., compare French à la hâte).] ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] on fastec1275 as greyhound (let out) of leasha1300 a good (also great, etc.) shake13.. in hastec1300 (wiþ) gret yre13.. in speeda1325 good speeda1400 on (also upon) the wing or one's wing1508 with post1569 on or upon the speed1632 on the run?1679 by the run1787 like a house on fire (also afire)1809 at the double-quick1834 with a run1834 fast and furious1851 at the double1860 at the rate of knots1892 for (or on) the (high) jump1905 like blue murder1914 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > with rapid action [phrase] in hastec1300 on wheelsc1547 like wildfire1699 like magic1783 like a shot1809 a dose of salts1837 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > moving swiftly in specific manner [phrase] > in or with haste in hastec1300 whip and spura1500 at (the) post1507 in post1525 in a pelter1861 c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) l. 615 (MED) He sloȝ þer on haste On hundred bi þe laste. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3607 Richard prykede forþ an haste, Ase harde as he may þraste. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13402 Þai fild a cupp þan son in hast. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 187 In alle haste, com to me, he sayde. 1518 A. Clifton Let. in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 224 To my ryght wrychypfull brodyre syr harre clyfforthe be thy byll..delyuyryd in haste. 1567 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 47 Reuenge in haist the cruell act. 1613 W. Adams Let. 1 Dec. in A. Farrington Eng. Factory in Japan (1991) I. 103 Captain John Sarris..sent a lletter unto me in all hast. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 456 Forth rush'd in haste the great consulting Peers. View more context for this quotation 1738 J. Ogilvie tr. R. Menteith Hist. Troubles Great Brit. (ed. 2) v. 206 Bailly..was in all Haste advancing towards the Spey with his Army strong in Horse. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 74 ‘Not dead!’ she answer'd in all haste. 1868 T. T. Lynch Rivulet (ed. 3) cxvii. 137 Arise, sad heart, arise in haste. 1935 W. H. Ukers All about Tea I. i. 9/1 The good abbot supplemented his prayers with his favourite beverage, sending in all haste to his temple for some of the tea. 1966 Life 5 Aug. 10/8 The boom-or-bust fiction game, where reputations are made in haste and demolished in even more haste. 2014 C. Skidmore Rise of Tudors ii. 67 Warwick's brother..was only a mile away and advancing in haste towards them. ΚΠ a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 667 Wirche wiþ me þi wille, or witterli in hast Mi liif lelly is lorn. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) lxxvii. 37 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 210 Þair daies waned in vnnaitnesse; And þair yheres with haste ware lesse. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 3321 (MED) Þei in hast shal þe toun possede: Þis was hir hope. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 75 He shall do much more for you, and that shall ye know in haste. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 123 Other kynges..hopit in haste..the mater to here. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ix. 309 And now faire Phœbus gan decline in haste His weary wagon to the Westerne vale. 1646 in Subtility & Cruelty 58 Provision must be made for the future growing charge, for so much as upon this pretended imbargoe, no Ships would come in haste, and hee and his must bee maintained. 1687 W. Sherlock Vindic. Brief Disc. concerning Notes of Church 21 Though Cardinal Bellarmine makes Unity the Mark of a true Church, yet not the Unity of all Churches with each other, for he knew, there was no such thing in his Days..and I fear not likely to be again in haste. a1704 T. Brown Epigrams 52 in Wks. (1707) I Hundreds of poor Souls confin'd in That wicked Purgatory The Fleet..and not likely to be pray'd out in haste. c. With quickness or speed due to pressing need or urgency. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > with rapid action [phrase] > expeditiously in hastea1513 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxxiii. f. clivv/2 She beynge thereof warned departed in haste. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 38/1 One Mystlebrooke..came in greate haste to the hous of one Pottyer. 1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 221 The king leuied an armie in Hast. 1644 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) II. 746 The Parliamentarians were forced to retreat in haste. 1699 S. Garth Dispensary v. 60 In hast a Council's call'd. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. i. 12 Four or five Men running in great hast up the Stairs. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany III. 607 Prepared at any moment to send such as might be demanded in haste. 1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile xvi. 438 An orderly comes in haste to bring him news of the battle. 1919 Country Life 11 Jan. p. xl The need of..new furniture has become urgent and must be supplied in haste. 1987 I. Murdoch Bk. & Brotherhood i. 74 She ran to her bedroom and began cramming things into a suitcase in desperate haste. 2009 New Yorker 10 Aug. 58/1 He returned in haste, saying the train was about to leave. d. With excessive speed of motion or action; rashly, hastily; hurriedly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > with rapid action [phrase] > in haste or in a hurry > with undue or rash haste on headc1425 hand over heada1500 in haste?1518 hot on (also of, in, upon) the spur1577 ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. C.ii Attempt nothynge weyghty, in haste nor sodaynly. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxv*. A I sayde in my haist: All men are lyers. 1563 P. Whitehorne tr. Onasander Of Generall Captaine & his Office f. 6 There is not to be comprehended any thinge done vnaduisedly, in haste, at all aduentures, nor rashelye. 1620 S. Denison Monument or Tombe-stone 85 She did not reade the Scripture as many do, in haste, but with serious consideration, application, and meditation. 1677 Duke of Lauderdale in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1885) III. lvii. 89 So as they may not trouble us any more in hast. 1689 Bp. G. Burnet Tracts I. 1 Who has seen so little, and as it were in hast. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 21 Jan. (2013) 126 I dined to-day with Dr. Cockburn, but will not do so again in haste, he has generally such a parcel of Scots with him. 1791 C. W. Rouse-Boughton Diss. Landed Prop. Bengal 136 They were neither clandestinely delivered, nor hazarded in haste. 1843 Monthly Serial Suppl. to New World Aug. 242/2 A few rash words spoken in haste to take a man of seventy from his sick bed. 1883 Observer 5 Aug. 5/ The discrepancy..between words uttered in haste, and action adopted after grave deliberation. 1958 Amer. Bar Assoc. Jrnl. Nov. 1043/3 It will be done in haste, if not in hysteria, and without deep appreciation of the elements of the problem. 2017 Nation (Pakistan) (Nexis) 16 Oct. Decisions made in haste compromise on the principles of justice. e. As complement of the verb to be: eager to get something done quickly; in a hurry (to do something).Also occasionally with ellipsis of to be, as in quot. 1812. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > with rapid action [phrase] > in haste or in a hurry in (also on) a resea1400 in haste?1569 on (also upon) the (spurs or) spur1655 (all) in a rush1876 all of a whew1905 ?1569 T. Underdowne tr. Heliodorus Æthiopian Hist. vi. f. 79v I am in haste to carry this birde Phœnicopterus. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. iii. 89 Your Fathers call's for you, He is in hast, therefore I pray you go. View more context for this quotation 1665 T. Jeamson Artific. Embellishm. i. v. 41 She was in hast to finish a finer peece. 1700 J. Ray Let. 13 Apr. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) 205 I am in no hast for them, but can well wait your leisure. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. iii. 196 Mary was in no haste to return into Scotland. 1786 Mem. Social Monster 23 Our young hero, being rather in haste for fear of the father's return. a1791 J. Wesley Wks. (1830) XII. 287 Though I am always in haste I am never in a hurry. 1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms iii. 935 No sooner come than in haste to go. 1889 Harper's Mag. July 233/1 There are certain matters, sir, I am in haste to talk over with you. 1918 C. Dawson Glory of Trenches 13 He was in haste to write while the impression was fresh in his mind. 1977 Thomist 41 151 The translator with some premonition of his approaching end was in haste to complete this volume. 2008 Furrow 59 607 The different emphases of Jewish and Catholic traditions is a question we need not be in haste to resolve. P2. a. In various proverbs and proverbial sayings indicating that progress is best made by not rushing or hurrying. Frequently in more haste, less speed and variants. ΚΠ c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Hengwrt) (2003) §88 The prouerbe seith..in wikked haste is no profit. a1525 (a1500) Sc. Troy Bk. (Douce) l. 1682 in C. Horstmann Barbour's Legendensammlung (1882) II. 275 Of fule haist cummis no speid. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. ii. sig. Aiiiv The more haste the lesse spede. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. ii. sig. Aiii Haste maketh waste. c1576 T. Whythorne Autobiogr. (1961) 89 Wee do see sum tyms þat þei who do wed and marry in hast hav enoh afterward for to repent þem. 1599 H. Porter Two Angry Women of Abingdon l. 875 There's no hast to hang true men. 1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia i. 35 Acts done in hast, by leasure are repented. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Aa 195 As if Londoners..aim more at dispatch than Justice, and to make quick Riddance (though no hast to hang true men), acquit half, and condemn half. 1698 J. Kirkwood Plea before Kirk 13 Fools haste is no speed. 1717 D. Turner Syphilis 101 The Patient had best take care he verify not an old Proverb, More Haste, worse Speed. 1791 Universal Asylum & Columbian Mag. July 14 Haste often makes waste. Some lose more by their precipitancy. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xiv. 323 The more haste was emphatically not the better speed. 1869 W. C. Hazlitt Eng. Prov. & Phr. 153 Haste trips up its own heels. 1883 H. P. Spofford in Harper's Mag. Mar. 573/1 She married him in all haste—to repent in all leisure. 1897 E. Phillpotts Lying Prophets 346 [Cornish phrase] More haste, more let. 1923 Walther League Messenger Feb. 292/2 In more than one of these Iowa and Paris weddings, it may be a case of ‘Marry in haste, repent in leisure.’ 1985 R. R. Irvine Ratings are Murder v. 44 ‘Haste makes waste,’ Kraut reminded his prop crew. ‘Let's not work ourselves out of a job.’ 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 281 Now I'll have to use twice as much proper stuff to get rid of the vile pongo. More haste, less speed, as Nana Vincent used to say. b. to make haste slowly and variants: to make steady progress while being careful not to rush or hurry. Chiefly imperative, as a proverbial exhortation to do this; cf. to hasten slowly at hasten v. Phrases. [After post-classical Latin festina lente, imperative (see festina lente phr.).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [phrase] > without haste > proverbs festina lente1537 Rome was not built in a day1545 to make haste slowly1565 to hasten slowly1623 steady as she goes1971 1565 W. Alley Πτωχομυσεῖον ii. iv. f. 77v Accordyng to the prouerbe, festina lentè: make haste slowlye. 1591 P. S. tr. C. Paradin Heroicall Deuises 324 Festina lentè. Make hast but slowly. 1635 W. Scott Ess. Drapery 107 The deliberate man is alwaies ready for a new change, festinat lentè, he makes haste, yet goes slowly. 1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 48 It's a saying worthy of Augustus: Festina lentè, make haste slowly. 1744 B. Franklin Poor Richard's Almanack 9 Make haste slowly. 1831 Deb. Congr. U.S. 4 Feb. 98 Thus far the committee have ‘made haste slowly’. 1874 Thistleton's Illustr. Jolly Giant 5 Sept. 118/3 Our worthy Coroner should practice this thing of making haste slowly when he is entrusted with the service of a writ. 1938 M. Teagle Murders in Silk iii. 22 Easy, son. Let's make haste slowly. Does Conner know where the knife came from? 1984 J. Reeves Murder before Matins vi. 43 Make haste slowly: not a bad motto for police work. 2017 Gulf News (Nexis) 1 Mar. Let us all make haste slowly, and do what is right. P3. a. to make haste: to move or act quickly; to hurry, hasten (to do something). Cf. to make haste slowly at Phrases 2b. Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry > to do something spake12.. speeda1400 to make haste?a1475 to make speed1548 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (intransitive)] > motion of ball to make haste?a1475 twist?1801 cut1816 shoot1816 curl1833 hang1838 work1838 break1847 spin1851 turn1851 bump1856 bite1867 pop1871 swerve1894 to kick up1895 nip1899 swing1900 google1907 move1938 seam1960 to play (hit, etc.) across the line1961 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 131 When Cirus..made haste to Babilon the floode of that water callede Eufrates ȝafe resistence to hym. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 6 (MED) The multitude of repreves and euil sayingis that she enforced hirself for to haue shewed owte..lette echon othir, lyke wise as a preese of people that make haste to go owte at a streight wiket. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxxix. [xl.] 13 Make haist (o Lorde) to helpe me. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias vii. 19 b Making hast to the shore, and atteining the same, they ran away. 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. i. 53 I make haste, to the casting and comparting of the whole Worke. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 13 One while to march on very slowly, another, to make more haste. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. vi. x. 295 It was necessary for him to make Haste home. View more context for this quotation 1780 S. Crisp Let. 27 July in W. H. Hutton Burford Papers (1905) 39 Be sure You make haste and finish all your trumpery odments. 1834 G. P. R. James Life & Adventures John Marston Hall I. ix. 101 I made as much haste as I could to get away quietly. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) vii. 63 Make haste down, and come out. 1896 J. C. Harris Sister Jane 54 I made haste to go to the cook-room. 1956 M. Dickens Angel in Corner (1960) 106 ‘But not just yet... I'm not ready.’ ‘Well, then, you had better make haste and be ready.’ 1985 S. Penman Here be Dragons i. v. 60 The woods offered no refuge, only shafted death, and he shouted, ‘Make haste for the castle!’ 2013 B. Mullins Becoming Big League iv. 57 American League owners were making haste to be sure they had secured the prize. b. Cricket. to make haste off (also from) the pitch: (of a delivery) to reach the batter with unexpected speed after pitching; (also occasionally of a bowler) to produce a delivery which reaches the batter with unexpected speed after pitching. Now rare. ΚΠ 1888 A. G. Steel in A. G. Steel & R. H. Lyttelton Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) iii. 123 Every now and then one of their balls will, in cricket slang, ‘make haste from the pitch’. 1904 P. F. Warner How we recovered Ashes ix. 177 The ball made haste off the pitch, kept a little low, and clean beat Duff. 1920 P. F. Warner Cricket Reminisc. ii. 19 Australia, where the bowler who makes haste off the pitch is the most useful type. 1991 Times of India 15 Dec. 19/2 Tanna went back instead of forward and found the ball making haste off the pitch. < as lemmas |
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