单词 | at one sitting |
释义 | > as lemmasat one (also a) sitting at one (also a) sitting: in a single continuous period of being seated (while engaged in a specified or implied activity); in one unbroken spell (of eating, working, etc.); in one go. Later also in in one sitting. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [adverb] > at one time or sitting at one (also a) sitting1511 the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > sit down [phrase] > during one sitting at one (also a) sitting1511 1511 Kalender of Shepherdes (new ed.) sig. M.iv To ete or thou be an hongred, to ete many sortes of meates at one syttyng. 1533 J. Heywood Play of Wether C.iv Many tymes and ofte where we be flettynge We spende fourty pens a pece at a syttynge. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. i. 103 Your daughter spent in Genowa..one night fourescore ducats. Shy... Foure score ducats at a sitting, foure score ducats. 1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) iii. i, in Wks. I. 31 I..take pen, and paper presently, and ouerflow you halfe a score, or a dozen of sonnets, at a sitting. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 47 To finish this Piece up at one sitting. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 72. ¶8 Others that have smoaked an Hundred Pipes at a Sitting. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 198 I was assur'd..that she lost at one Sitting to the Tune of a hundred Guineas. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xlvi. 51 You should question me for half-a-dozen hours at a sitting, and welcome. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 76/1 They [sc. turtles]..lay at one sitting to the number of a hundred eggs. 1917 A. B. Paterson Three Elephant Power 41 Where men live on damper and beef, and occasionally eat a whole bottle of hot pickles at a sitting, simply to satisfy their craving for vegetable food. 1935 Times of India 6 Sept. 9/1 I read The Woman and the Sea in one sitting. 1944 M. Lowry Let. 4 Mar. (1995) I. 439 Nothing will cure him of constipation, it is true, but he reads slowly and likes to finish a Poem at a sitting. 1996 N. Gunod Class. Guitar for Beginners 16 It is a good idea to find one hour a day to practice—although not necessarily in one sitting. 2012 Independent 21 June 25/3 The four packs of yoghurt he will eat at one sitting. < as lemmas |
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