单词 | to flash its way |
释义 | > as lemmasto flash its way b. To move like a flash, pass with lightning speed. Also with cognate object to flash its way. Also with round. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > move swiftly [verb (intransitive)] > very lighten1611 flash1822 rip1858 rocket1862 scorch1891 volt1930 1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 47 When desolation flashes o'er a world destroyed. 1840 W. Irving Paris at Restoration in Knickerbocker Mag. Dec. 519 The French intellect..flashes its way into a subject with the rapidity of lightning. 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. v. 120 The steel-clad apparition suddenly flashed round, and vanished. 1859 C. Kingsley Misc. (1860) II. 141 The lurchers flashed like grey snakes after the hare. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) ii. 11 The swallows dipped and flashed and circled over the bosom of the lake. 1893 M. E. Mann In Summer Shade xvi ‘He must be paid.’ ‘How?’ demanded Mary, flashing round upon him. 1903 R. Langbridge Flame & Flood iii Susette flashed round upon him with a brilliant smile. < as lemmas |
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