英语词汇“to pull out all the stops”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

16. figurative or transferred. Now chiefly with reference to the organ; in the earlier quots. apparently sometimes vaguely used for ‘note’, ‘key’, ‘tune’. In modern use frequently in phrase to pull out all the stops, to make every possible effort.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > note or tone

notec1330

tunea1387

tonec1400

report1502

stop1576

sound1654

klang1890

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > do one's utmost

to do (also lay) one's mightc1175

to do, make one's wisec1290

to do (also make) one's powerc1390

to hold (also keep) foot withc1438

to do one's force?c1450

to do or die1487

to do one's endeavour(sc1500

to do the best of one's power1523

to do (also try) one's best1585

to do one's possible1792

to pull out all the stops1927

to bust (also break) one's balls1968

1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. D.j^v But sweeter soundes, of concorde, peace, and loue, Are out of tune, and iarre in euery stoppe.

1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. C4^v Haue euery sillable a musick stop, That when I pause the mellody may moue.

1684 Earl of Roscommon Ess. Translated Verse 22 A skilful Ear, in Numbers shou'd preside, And all Disputes without Appeal decide. This ancient Rome, and Elder Athens found, Before mistaken stops debauch'd the sound.

1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 10 Sweet as stops Of planetary music heard in trance.

1850 ‘S. Yendys’ Roman vii. 124 Fortune..Play'd a flourish ere she changed her awful stop for evermore.

1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. Pref. p. xiv Knowing how unpopular a task one is undertaking when one tries to pull out a few more stops in that..somewhat narrow-toned organ, the modern Englishman.

1927 Oxf. Mag. 20 Oct. 3/2 He may be said to have ‘pulled out all his stops’. He gave the University a speech which for ease, eloquence and felicity could not readily be surpassed or indeed equalled.

1955 A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan Eng. 123 As his rebellion progressed Tyrone had to pull out the Catholic stop.

1957 Economist 5 Oct. 20/2 A Russian admiral on a good will naval visit to the Syrian port of Lattakia was serenading nationalism with all the right stops out.

1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 20 Dec. (1970) 341 This evening we gave a State Dinner... We opened up all the stops and the Christmas carols rang forth.

1974 A. Price Other Paths to Glory i. vi. 77 ‘But they have no idea who did it?’ ‘Not from what I heard... I know they're pulling out all the stops, though.’

1978 P. McCutchan Blackmail North ii. 20 We'll be doing our best, all stops out.

单词	to pull out all the stops
释义	> as lemmas to pull out all the stops 16. figurative or transferred. Now chiefly with reference to the organ; in the earlier quots. apparently sometimes vaguely used for ‘note’, ‘key’, ‘tune’. In modern use frequently in phrase to pull out all the stops, to make every possible effort. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > note or tone notec1330 tunea1387 tonec1400 report1502 stop1576 sound1654 klang1890 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > do one's utmost to do (also lay) one's mightc1175 to do, make one's wisec1290 to do (also make) one's powerc1390 to hold (also keep) foot withc1438 to do one's force?c1450 to do or die1487 to do one's endeavour(sc1500 to do the best of one's power1523 to do (also try) one's best1585 to do one's possible1792 to pull out all the stops1927 to bust (also break) one's balls1968 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. D.j^v But sweeter soundes, of concorde, peace, and loue, Are out of tune, and iarre in euery stoppe. 1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. C4^v Haue euery sillable a musick stop, That when I pause the mellody may moue. 1684 Earl of Roscommon Ess. Translated Verse 22 A skilful Ear, in Numbers shou'd preside, And all Disputes without Appeal decide. This ancient Rome, and Elder Athens found, Before mistaken stops debauch'd the sound. 1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 10 Sweet as stops Of planetary music heard in trance. 1850 ‘S. Yendys’ Roman vii. 124 Fortune..Play'd a flourish ere she changed her awful stop for evermore. 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. Pref. p. xiv Knowing how unpopular a task one is undertaking when one tries to pull out a few more stops in that..somewhat narrow-toned organ, the modern Englishman. 1927 Oxf. Mag. 20 Oct. 3/2 He may be said to have ‘pulled out all his stops’. He gave the University a speech which for ease, eloquence and felicity could not readily be surpassed or indeed equalled. 1955 A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan Eng. 123 As his rebellion progressed Tyrone had to pull out the Catholic stop. 1957 Economist 5 Oct. 20/2 A Russian admiral on a good will naval visit to the Syrian port of Lattakia was serenading nationalism with all the right stops out. 1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 20 Dec. (1970) 341 This evening we gave a State Dinner... We opened up all the stops and the Christmas carols rang forth. 1974 A. Price Other Paths to Glory i. vi. 77 ‘But they have no idea who did it?’ ‘Not from what I heard... I know they're pulling out all the stops, though.’ 1978 P. McCutchan Blackmail North ii. 20 We'll be doing our best, all stops out. extracted from stopn.² < as lemmas
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