| 单词 | to see, or hear, the beat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto see, or hear, the beat (of) a. That which surpasses, excels, or outdoes (something). Only in to see, or hear, the beat (of). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [noun] > one who or that which > that which exceeder1625 exsuperance1635 to see the beat1833 1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing lx. 202 I never see the beat of it. 1846–52 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers 112 But here's that silk, did ye ever see the beat on't? 1847 Great Kalamazoo Hunt (Philadelphia) 100 You don't tell me so! Did I ever hear the beat o' that! a1854 R. M. Bird News of Night i. i, in America's Lost Plays (1941) XII. 147 Did you ever see the beat o' that? 1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People x. 86 That Bill is saassy enough to physic a hornbug. I never see the beat of him. 1888 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Despot Broomsedge Cove v. 80 Waal, sir, eatin' supper by a tallow dip—who ever hearn the beat! 1907 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp (1916) 209 Count Fernando Mazzini was his name. I never saw the beat of him for elegance. < as lemmas |
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