| 单词 | a work of time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa work of time (b) a work of time: a process or task which takes a long time. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > something having long duration a work of time1622 perennial1748 marathon1915 the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > [noun] > which takes a (short or long) time the work of a minute (also a moment, a week, etc.)1533 a work of time1622 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 50 Iudging it would be a worke of Time, hee laid his plot. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 113 This was a work of time to perform, and took not full effect to the end of this Kings reign. 1736 F. Drake Eboracum ii. ii. 472 The carrying on a work of this nature must also be a work of time. 1792 Archaeologia 10 358 Whether the Orwell altered its course..immediately upon the demolition of Orwell town, or was a work of time, is very uncertain. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 339 They had now only to double a small head-land..but in the state of the weather, and the boat being heavy, this was like to be a work of time. 1864 Yale Lit. Mag. Oct. 5 It will be a work of time to remodel the edifice. 1906 A. Werner Natives Brit. Central Afr. vi. 136 Once the water has been brought to the boil, which..is apt to be a work of time. 1963 Washington Post 8 Dec. a13/1 To review the last [sc. the Act of 1947] and bring it into conformity with the Constitution..must be a work of time—and there is no time. < as lemmas |
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