| 单词 | to get a shift on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get a shift on a. A shifting, removal; a change of position or attitude; dialect a change of residence or employment. to get a shift on (colloquial), to get a move on (see move n. 3f). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > [noun] > a movement charec1325 stirring1340 mudge1808 move1827 jee1829 shift1831 the world > time > change > [noun] > of position or attitude turning1340 metabasis1550 shift1831 reorientation1888 conversion1893 relance1960 society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] > change of residence flittingc1175 removinga1425 remove1555 removal1605 motion1634 flit1835 move1853 shift1871 locomutationa1884 society > occupation and work > working > career > [noun] > change of employment shift1871 1831 A. Sedgwick in Trans. Geol. Soc. (1836) 2nd Ser. 4 53 If there be any shift of position among the mineral masses in their strike across the valley, it must be of comparatively small extent. 1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 233/2 Examine every plant as it comes in, to see if the drainage be clear, and whether it wants a shift. 1867 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. Oct. 427 A suffering which runs always in one groove, without relief or shift. 1871 J. W. Carlyle in Mrs. Carlyle Lett. III. 194 A small furnished house should be rented, and a shift made thither. 1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands vi. 66 ‘What rot, girls; why don't yer get er shift on?’ cried Feathers virtuously... ‘'Taint ther mealy pertater, polin' on the firm like this.’ 1977 Times Educ. Suppl. 21 Oct. 9/2 We could have started certainly a year earlier, even two years earlier if we had got a shift on. < as lemmas |
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