| 单词 | rib-breaking |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrib-breaking rib-breaking n. and adj. (a) n. the action of breaking a person's ribs, or the result of this; (b) adj. that breaks or is liable to break ribs; rattling, vigorous, violent. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 132 Is there yet another doates vpon rib-breaking ? View more context for this quotation 1839 Southern Literary Messenger 5 113 We knew..to bear a rib-breaking hug without complaint. 1868 Jrnl. 18 Feb. in M. K. Armstrong Early Empire Builders Great West (1901) 182 The driver..drove to the first station, twenty-one miles over a rough frozen road, at a rib-breaking speed. 1912 A. D. White Seven Great Statesmen 407 There were wild night rides, with falls and rib-breaking which cost him weeks in the hospital. 2009 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 10 Jan. 1 a Medics like AutoPulse because it..is easier than the physically demanding and sometimes rib-breaking manual..resuscitation. < as lemmas |
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