| 单词 | spur-of-the-moment |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspur-of-the-moment d. on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.), without premeditation or deliberation; on a momentary impulse; impromptu, suddenly, instantly. Hence spur-of-the-moment attributive phr. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adjective] > unplanned suddena1300 unpremeditate1551 extemporal1570 unpurposed1570 unmeditated1576 extemporate1590 unpremeditated1597 unplotted1598 extemporary1610 extemporanean1621 extempory1623 impremeditate1647 unthought1648 unresolved1649 extemporate1651 incogitate1652 unprojected1653 indeliberate1655 extemporaneous1656 indeliberated1656 autoschediastical1662 casual1667 offhanda1668 undiscourseda1670 extemporany1673 unplanned1775 impromptu1789 on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.)1801 autoschediastic1809 impromptuary1827 improvised1833 extemporized1856 spontaneous1856 unconsidered1876 undevised1894 lashed-up1920 ad-libbed1933 willy-nilly1933 off the cuff1948 the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adverb] > in unplanned manner suddenly1340 of unwarninga1400 on, upon, rarely of, in (a) suddenty1469 casuallya1549 extemporea1556 of (upon) this sudden1572 extemporally1577 at (the or a) volley1578 on (or o') the volley1578 extrumpery1582 unpremeditately1607 extemporary1610 extempory1623 extemporarily1667 impromptu1669 ad aperturam libri1679 unpremeditatedly1694 impulsively1768 extemporaneously1791 promiscuously1791 spontaneously1799 on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.)1801 spontaneous1810 promiscuous1826 improvisedly1851 off-handedly1876 at the first jet1878 off the cuff1927 off the top of one's head1939 off the wall1966 (a) (b)1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. iii. 194 He carried me home on the spur of the occasion.1836 H. Taylor Statesman xxxi. 237 Though compliments should arise naturally out of the occasion, they should not appear to be prompted by the spur of it.1882 B. A. Hinsdale Garfield & Educ. ii. 312 Do not trust to what lazy men call the spur of the occasion.] (c)1834 H. Martineau Moral Many Fables ii. 58 The utmost extent that ingenuity can devise on the spur of a great occasion.1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iii. vii. 199 The Church..has been consecrated, by supreme decree, on the spur of this time, into a Pantheon.(d)1948 C. Day Lewis Otterbury Incident viii. 94 Toppy is tops at spur-of-the-moment tactics.1958 C. Williams Man in Motion (1959) vii. 77 There's no such thing as a spur-of-the-moment suicide.1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xv. 161 Junkies, alcoholics, amateur pimps, small-scale thieves and spur-of-the-moment rapists.1801 Ann. Reg. 1799 (Otridge ed.) ii. Chron. 27/1 Volunteers, with a party of the Surrey cavalry, attended and prevented the populace in general from taking that step, which, perhaps, the best feelings of human nature had, upon the spur of the moment dictated. 1806 A. Duncan Nelson's Funeral 43 The contrivance of Mr. Wyatt, on the spur of the moment. 1831 R. Blakey Ess. Good & Evil 152 A speaker who gives us a ready reply upon the spur of the moment. 1891 ‘J. S. Winter’ Lumley x. 73 There's nothing like acting on the spur of the moment. < as lemmas |
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