| 单词 | to rock along |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto rock along (also occasionally on) g. intransitive. U.S. (chiefly regional (south Midland)) colloquial. figurative. to rock along (also occasionally on): to go on steadily or habitually; to continue without interruption or change. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > continue doing or keep going in a course of action [verb (intransitive)] > in a typical fashion roll1835 to rock along (also occasionally on)1858 1858 G. W. Harris in Nashville (Tennessee) Union & Amer. 30 June 1/6 Well, matters rocked along, all hands doin es they pleased. a1897 F. B. Lloyd Sketches Country Life (1898) ii. 19 His mother didn't take the yarn..but she didn't have no dead sure proof, and so she lets things rock along so till further notice. 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 10 Oct. 2/1 The creation of a new board or administrator..would permit the program to rock along much as it is now. 1958 J. M. Brewer Dog Ghosts 106 Gran'ma say dat things rocked on an' rocked on in dis fashion 'till one Saddy evenin' rolled 'roun'. 1972 J. S. Hall Sayings from Old Smoky 115 Everything is rockin' along just like when Lena was here. 2006 C. Cooper & R. Block Disaster 291 The city government of New Orleans rocked along through the fall and winter as an employer of last resort. < as lemmas |
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