| 单词 | row by row |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrow by row a. row by row: (esp. with reference to action) line by line; one row after another. ΚΠ c1225 [see sense 3aα. ]. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer f. cccxxxiiiiv/2 We al shul nowe pray to the goddes rowe by rowe. 1693 N. Staphorst tr. L. Rauwolf Trav. Eastern Countries i. ix, in J. Ray Coll. Curious Trav. I. 111 When I came to the Olive-trees, I found they were ran several Olive-trees further, which stand row by row. 1778 J. Abercrombie Universal Gardener & Botanist at Nursery The ground is to be digged but one spade deep, proceeding row by row. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold III. xi. ii. 158 Row by row, line by line, all the multitude shouted forth [etc.]. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. App. 641 They pull their coats. The field is worked row by row and hill by hill. 1921 Amer. Woman Jan. 6/2 By aid of the glass I read the pattern from the engraving, row by row, so many spaces and so many trebles. 2000 D. D. Chiras Natural House iii. 81 Stucco netting is applied row by row to the inside and outside surfaces of the straw bale wall. < as lemmas |
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