| 单词 | in working order |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (full) working order 1. The condition of being functional or operational; the condition in which something is fit for use or work. Also in extended use of a person. Chiefly in in (full) working order. Cf. running order n. 2a. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > [noun] > condition of being operative gestion1599 working order1725 operation1792 running order1811 commission1829 commish1856 operationality1939 1725 Newcastle Courant 3 Apr. It [sc. a fire engine] may be convey'd thro' any Passage a Yard-wide, in compleat working-order. 1776 G. Sharp Law Liberty 35 A little coarse Provender, merely to keep him [sc. a slave] in working Order for his Master's Benefit. 1845 Knickerbocker 26 410 The use of steam-pumps is requisite night and day, to keep them [sc. mines] in working order. 1872 Chambers's Jrnl. 29 June 410/2 To see that the [telegraph] line is in working order. 1909 Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 405. 30 The pump was on one occasion put out of working order until taken apart and cleaned. 1971 Oxf. Times 13 Aug. 5/7 In a two-week campaign they restored 21 vandalised kiosks to working order. 1987 B. MacLaverty Great Profundo (1989) 118 Roy, I'm not as fit as I look. There's bits of the system not in full working order. 2006 CXpress (S. Afr.) 13 Dec. 44/1 Personnel who kept visitors safe and the town in working order. < as lemmas |
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