单词 | shoulder to shoulder |
释义 | > as lemmasshoulder to shoulder d. shoulder to shoulder: lit. of soldiers, so as to shoulder one another, in close conflict; also, in rank, in close formation; hence figurative of persons, with united effort, with mutual co-operation and support. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > [adverb] mutually1531 shoulder to shouldera1586 in the (or a) quilla1616 in consort1634 concurrently1648 in harness1873 collectively1902 collaboratively1971 in tandem1974 the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] > close together side by sidec1275 cheek by cheek?a1400 hand by hand?a1439 close1489 hand for hand1490 shoulder to shouldera1586 at (the) eye's end1628 knee to knee1760 corps à corps1890 society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [adjective] > fighting at close quarters shoulder to shouldera1586 society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > [adjective] > in close formation shoulder to shouldera1586 pouldron to pouldron1598 serried1667 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xii. sig. Pp5 So as both the horses & men met shoulder to shoulder. 1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 5 A Ranke..is a Row of men placed Pouldron to Pouldron, or Shoulder to Shoulder. a1627 J. Hayward Life & Raigne Edward Sixt (1630) 32 The Scots..cloased and in a manner locked themselues together, shoulder to shoulder. 1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars iii. 118 We are..strongest when we are labouring shoulder to shoulder for some common object. 1894 C. H. W. Donovan With Wilson in Matabeleland 301 That band of heroes who died shoulder to shoulder. < as lemmas |
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