单词 | over and over |
释义 | > as lemmasover and over b. So as to make what was an upper surface a lower one, by turning it forward (or laterally) and downwards, or to turn something upside down. Also reduplicated to indicate repetition of such motion, as over and over. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inversion > [adverb] upa1300 nevelinga1387 kew-kaw1399 overc1425 topsy-turvy1530 arsy-versy1545 upside down1569 overhand1579 bottom-up1598 downside up1603 top to bottom1624 inversely1657 invertedly1657 belly-up1749 topsy versy1767 topsy-turvily1886 c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 6742 (MED) He smot Paris that he doun reled Ouer and ouer as were a snayl. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 14v To tumble ouer and ouer, to toppe ouer tayle..may be also holesome for the body. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxixv He tourned ouer the leffe, and began an order of a new life. a1586 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 504 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 147 Freyr robert..tuik his buik... And turnit our the levis bissaly. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. ii. 33 They were neuer so truly turnd ouer and ouer as my poore selfe in loue. View more context for this quotation 1658 T. Meriton Love & War iii. iii. sig. G. (stage direction) Quer. turns the bodies over and over, to see whether they be dead or no. 1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 6 We..who have tumbled over so many Volumes. 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 243. ⁋3 He turned himself over hastily in his Bed. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 341 A mountain of water which approached us from the Sea, rolling itself over and over. 1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 405 In turning over his papers.., Sir Edward laid his hand on the will. 1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 176 (note) Very few..have thought it worth their while to tumble over the dirty pages of this publication. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. vi. 131 In an instant the ostrich rolled over and over, its legs fairly lashed together by the thong. 1840 D. Lardner Treat. Geom. xxii. 309 If the curve VP were folded over on VP′, the point P would fall upon P′. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native III. v. vii. 192 He turned it over and over, and fancied that the writing was her husband's, though he could not be sure. 1913 J. Conrad Chance i. i. 15 Mr. Powell..began to turn the leaves of the agreement over. 1987 Kart & Superkart Oct. 18/2 Kennings..made contact with a tyre at the pit hairpin and..flipped over. 1998 Canad. Geographic Jan. 17/1 The white stuff is gradually flipped, rocked and rolled over and over until it forms a ball. over and over a. over and over: repeatedly, many times over. Also over and over again. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [adverb] > repeatedly day and nightOE morning, noon, and nightc1325 new and newa1425 time after time?a1425 over and overa1470 toties quoties1525 again and again1533 reiteratively1619 over and over again1637 repeatedlya1647 times without number1658 to and again1659 —— in, —— out1815 time and time again1821 day in (and) day out1824 recurringly1828 repetitiously1828 recurrently1841 repetitively1872 ever and again1880 recursively1901 twenty-four hours a day1914 serially1978 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 234 Than they lette clense their woundys with colde whyght wyne, and than they lete anoynte them with bawme over and over. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 686 Sir Brewnys..smote hym over and over. 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle i. v. sig. Aivv Chaue tost and tumbled yender heap our & ouer againe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iii. 16 I ha told them ouer and ouer, they lacke no direction. View more context for this quotation 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iv. i. 1 Vpon this string they harpe over and over again. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 215 Let rich men do it, ore and ore agen. 1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) 21 May II. 14 Nothing..but what has been observ'd over and over. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 15 The captive who lies down counting over and over again the days of his afflictions. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 26 The burning it over and over again..produces a better filtre than at first. a1860 J. A. Alexander Gospel Jesus Christ (1861) iii. 44 He has over and over refused to accept God's invitation. 1902 J. Conrad Typhoon iii. 31 Must be saying the same things over and over again. 1942 R. C. Fuson & H. R. Snyder Org. Chem. xxvii. 358 Caoutchouc is composed of the isoprene unit repeated over and over. 2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 15 The French played those two songs over and over again. < as lemmas |
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