| 单词 | right or straight on end |
| 释义 | > as lemmasright or straight on end b. consecutively, without intermission; also right or straight on end: (a) consecutively, uninterruptedly; (b) immediately. ΚΠ 1634 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. xxxii. 111 And was brought, thrice on end, in remembrance of you in my prayer to God. 1778 G. L. Way Learning at Loss II. 147 'Twas at his House they [two lovers] broke cover. And then took off strait an End to Edinburgh. 1836 in Byron's Wks. (1846) 552/1 The ministerial prints raved for two months on end. 1837 T. Hook Jack Brag I. i. 16 The fox going away right on-end across a heavy country. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Right on end, in a continuous line; as the masts should be. 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men I. vii. 184 Working sixteen hours on end at twopence an hour. 1883 S. Baring-Gould John Herring I. xi. 154 I be going to die right on end, I be. < as lemmas |
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