| 单词 | like a trojan |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslike a Trojan b. A brave or plucky fellow; a person of great energy or endurance: usually in like a Trojan. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > with great vigour or energy with (also in) mood and maineOE vigour13.. with or by (all one's) might and mainc1330 with (one's) forcec1380 like anything1665 hammer and tongs1708 like stour1787 (in) double tides1788 like blazes1818 like winking1827 with a will1827 like winky1830 like all possessed1833 in a big way1840 like (or worse than) sin1840 full swing1843 like a Trojan1846 like one o'clock1847 like sixty1848 like forty1852 like wildfire1857 like old boots1865 like blue murder1867 like steam1905 like stink1929 like one thing1938 like a demon1945 up a storm1953 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 225 Ȝif we wil mene þat þey [the people of Ilium] beeþ stronge we clepeþ hem Troians.] 1846 J. H. Newman in W. Ward Life Cardinal Newman (1912) I. iii. 114 Working like a Trojan. 1882 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) Trojan, a name applied to a person of uncommon size, strength, daring, or endurance. 1897 G. Allen Type-writer Girl xvii. 179 I worked hard at that gown... Dear little Elsie helped me with it like a Trojan. < as lemmas |
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