单词 | on the spur |
释义 | > as lemmason (also upon) the (†spurs or) spur c. on (also upon) the (†spurs or) spur (also †upon spur), at full speed, in or with the utmost haste, in literal or figurative use. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] > at full speed full speed1382 with topsailc1400 at spursa1500 on (also upon) the (spurs or) spur1525 amain1555 a main pace (also speed)1567 full tilt?a1600 upon full stretch1697 at full tilt1713 at (also on) full speed1749 (at) full split1836 full chisel1837 (at) full pelt1841 full swing1843 ventre à terre1848 full out1886 at full lick1889 hell-for-leather1889 all out1895 eyes out1895 flat out1932 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > with rapid action [phrase] > in haste or in a hurry in (also on) a resea1400 in haste?1569 on (also upon) the (spurs or) spur1655 (all) in a rush1876 all of a whew1905 (a) (b)1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccxxviij Ryding vpon the spurre, [he] setteth vpon them quickely.1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 23 Lucius..returned and told him, that the enemie fled vpon the Spur.1655 in C. H. Firth Clarke Papers (1899) III. 30 The French Ambassadour seemes not to be all together uppon the spur to be gone.1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 3 By this time our Horses must be ready, and we lose time till we are on the Spur.1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. i. iii. 26 He is not presently upon the Spur, or in his full Carrier.1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) II. xlviii. 31 The servant rode away on the spur, to alarm the family at the mansion-house.1825 W. Scott Betrothed Concl., in Tales Crusaders II. 333 News are on the spur from the Garde Doloureuse.1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess i. 19 And there, All wild to found an University For maidens, on the spur she fled.(c)1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xi. 49 Alexander.., following vpon spurre, had intelligence that [etc.].1643 O. Cromwell in Carlyle Lett. & Sp. (1861) IV. 252 Haste,—ride on spur.1643 O. Cromwell in Carlyle Lett. & Sp. (1861) IV. 253 Haste, haste, on spur.1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. viii. 18 Whan we be in the feldes, lette vs ryde on the spurres to Gaunte. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 839/1 He was..reskewed by certen horsemen, whiche..came on the spurres..to the succour of theyr fellows. < as lemmas |
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