单词 | at a stress |
释义 | > as lemmasat (also on, upon) a stress ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [adverb] > at a pinch at (also in, on, upon) a pinch1489 by the shift1665 at (also on, upon) a stress1672 on a shift1842 at or upon a squeeze1892 1672 R. Montagu Let. 7 Mar. in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Duke of Buccleuch (1899) I. 513 in Parl. Papers (C. 9244) XLVI. 1 I..let them know that upon a stress we did reckon that his Christian Majesty must..supply us beyond what is stipulated. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew at Stress of weather At a Stress, at a pinch. 1867 Trewman's Exeter Flying Post 17 Apr. 8/2 She came to test a practical question, to see whether a fleet of iron-sides can at a stress be brought into play in the Baltic and the Mediterranean. 1910 Royal Comm. Poor Laws: App. Vol. VI: Minutes of Evid. 351/2 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 4978) XLVI. 1 I am a school-master, but I think that on a stress I could go into the pulpit and give you a sermon. < as lemmas |
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