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单词 to be all day
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to be (also take) all day
e. With a noun denoting a period of time, or an event, activity, etc., which has a finite duration: the whole duration or period of. Usually forming a noun phrase used as the adverbial component of a clause. Frequently (usually colloquial) used hyperbolically denoting an inordinately long or excessive period of time, esp. in to be (also take) all day, not to have all day, etc.
(a) Preceding the noun without determiner or other modifying word.
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OE Paris Psalter (1932) lv. 9 Ic ealne dæg ecne drihten wordum weorðige.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1104 He wass all daȝȝ Vnnclene anan till efenn.
a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 50 For hire loue al nyht ich wake; for hire loue mournyng y make more þen eny mon.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 779 In longyng al nyȝt he lengeȝ.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges xix. 13 Tarye at Gibea or at Ramah allnight.
1581 N. Woodes Conflict of Conscience iv. i. sig. Fiiv Let him go Hypocrisie, stand not all day dodging.
1600 A. Munday et al. First Pt. True Hist. Sir I. Old-castle sig. F2 Sirrha, no more adoe, come, come, giue me the mony you have, dispatch, I cannot stand all day.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. i. 90 Nay, Ile fit you, And not be all day neither. View more context for this quotation
1706 S. Centlivre Basset-table v. 59 Come, come, Sir, we cann't wait all Day.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 82 It rain'd all Night and all Day,..during which time the Ship broke in Pieces.
1770 I. Bickerstaff 'Tis Well it's no Worse ii. i. 39 Beat.: Lazarillo, I say, will you be all day? Laz.: Coming, Mrs. Beatrice, coming.
1775 J. Nourse in Jrnl. Amer. Hist. (1925) 19 351 Water enough for Cattle may be kept all year here for pasture grounds.
1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles Prelim. Ess. ii. 11 This speaking is diffused over all time.
1865 ‘L. Carroll’ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ix. 142 Drive on, old fellow! Don't be all day about it!
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend I. ii. xii. 271 Ain't you got nothing to do but..stand a Poll Parroting all night?
1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (rev. ed.) 93 But a' forenicht I hard Sandy wirrin' awa' till himsel'.
1907 E. M. Forster Longest Journey iv. 63 He muddles all day with poetry and old dead people, and then tries to bring it into life.
1958 J. Yaffe Nothing but Night 63 You know, I haven't got all morning, I've got a business to get to.
1983 T. Pratchett Colour of Magic 135 It is allowable to issue a challenge by proxy... It shows intelligence. Don't take all day about it.
1985 Telegraph (Austral.) (Nexis) 1 Apr. He used his slice serve to advantage on the slippery and low bouncing centre court and returned very well all match.
1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xxix. 260 ‘For any favour, do hurry along,’ she commanded, ‘We haven't got all day.’
2006 New Woman Dec. 190/2 Passionate Mars in your ‘sex’ zone all month. You'll be a total man-magnet and at the top of everyone's guest list.
(b) Preceding a determiner or other modifying word.
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OE Acct. Voy. Ohthere & Wulfstan in tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. i. 16 Ealle ða hwile he sceal seglian be lande.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3192 Moni bisi kempen, Þeo fihten wið þone duke al þene dæi longe.
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 671 And songen al the roundel lustily.
c1425 in E. Edwards Liber Monasterii de Hyda (1866) 158 I wole that my men..dele hem of my good al the whyle they on lyve ben.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cccixv/2 For to adaunte & subdue my prowde flesshe I rose at mydnyght alle the weke long.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ciii. 124 They helde the Englysshe archers well aworke all the day.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. ii. 170 You haue but mistooke me al this while. View more context for this quotation
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 106 The King..kept Triumphes of Iusting and Tourney during all that Moneth.
1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode i. i. 2 They're ever poaching after Whores all the Morning.
1720 W. R. Chetwood Voy. Capt. R. Falconer i. 64 It shak'd its Tail to and fro..all the while it felt the Water.
1768 J. Wesley Let. 28 Mar. (1931) V. 358 Possibly some may be in the favour of God, and yet go mourning all the day long.
1824 L. L. Cameron Hist. Marten & Two Little Scholars (new ed.) ii. 12 On Sunday morning he looked so clean..that nobody would have thought he had been driving a jenny-carriage all the week.
c1860 Chaise in Royal Bk. of Sports (March's Penny Libr.) Come Jenny, don't be all the day.
1934 A. L. Rowse Diary 5 Mar. (2003) 81 All that weekend I was in a dazed condition, not knowing what to do with myself.
1974 A. Pierrepoint Executioner i. 24 We spent all the day at the Crystal Palace in peace and quiet.
2000 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 17 Jan. 38/3 (heading) All this week at 8 p.m., the History Channel presents ‘History's Mysteries: Conspiracy Theories’.
2008 C. Gleason When Twilight Burns xii. 157 Now, spit it out, my lady's not got all the day to wait for ye to figger out what t'say.
(c) spec. Followed by a. Compare a adj. 1b(a). Now somewhat archaic.Replaced by a whole in standard English.
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?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 Hi..brendon alle the tunes, ðat wel þu myhtes faren al a dæis fare, sculdest thu neure finden man in tune sittende.
c1300 St. Brendan (Laud) 60 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 221 (MED) Here ȝe habbez al a ȝer meteles i-beo.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2215 (MED) Þei trauailed al a niȝt.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 9230 Alle a seuenyght [a1450 Lamb. al a wyke] þe kyng þer lay, he spilte his tyme, sped of no pray.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 640 She wepeth, wayleth, al a day or two.
a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 3010 A malady..lastand alle a yhere.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. liv. 75 Ther was one [assault] endured al a day.
1534 J. Heywood Play of Loue sig. Aiv Ye Stood in colde water all a day to the kne And I halfe the same day to myd leg in the fyer.
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece lxix. 334 Rope his legge all a day with wet hay-ropes, and hee will be sound.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 449 To lament his fate In amorous dittyes all a Summers day. View more context for this quotation
a1718 T. Parnell Posthumous Wks. (1758) 273 Where Wretched Love endur'd a world of woe, For all a Winter's length of night below.
a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) II. 282 He that lies a-bed all a summer's morning, loses the chief pleasure of the day.
1837 E. Webbe Let. in Corr. L. Hunt (1862) 324 I must say I have found many things more pleasant than dabbling all a summer's evening in one's own lifeblood.
1853 M. Arnold Scholar Gipsy in Poems (new ed.) 207 Children..Have known thee watching, all an April day.
1903 M. Dods et al. Expos. Bible VI. 795/2 We might impose upon ourselves the penance of being shut up all a winter's night with a corpse.
1915 R. Le Gallienne Lonely Dancer 119 Each petal fleeting as a wing, All a May morning blows and blows.
2006 J. T. Kirby Mockingbird Song 146 He and his two local guides traveled all a July day on foot.
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