| 单词 | at the double |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat the double i. Military. A double pace: see double adj.1 4c. Esp. in at the double. Also figurative. 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 society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [noun] > marching > rate of marching > specific quick march1606 double march1661 slow time1763 ordinary time1792 quick time1802 double time1833 double1860 walk-march1874 1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 II. 329 The men cheering, broke out into a double, and at last into a regular race. 1865 Chambers's Jrnl. 213/1 Intellect not only marches, but marches at the ‘double’. 1865 Chambers's Jrnl. 470/1 Ellsworth detailed twenty men.., and went at ‘the double’ down Pennsylvania Avenue. 1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 393 The ‘double’ is never continued very long; it is stopped at the option of the commanding officer. 1883 Army Regulations II. x. 242 A certain number of movements are to be performed at each drill at ‘the double’. 1961 Bible (New Eng.) Acts xxi. 32 He immediately took a force of soldiers with their centurions and came down on the rioters at the double. < as lemmas |
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