单词 | to work by stint |
释义 | > as lemmasto work by stint a. An allotted portion of work; a definite task; a period of time spent on a particular job; a turn (at doing something). to work by stint (see quot. 1891 at α. ). ΘΚΠ the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time > spell of some action whilec1175 stint1533 crash1549 fleech1589 spell1707 return1763 run1864 fling period1885 go-round1911 jag1913 brannigan1928 society > occupation and work > duties > [noun] > piece of work or task > allotted or imposed tax1390 taska1400 stint1533 α. β. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 163 Yet frae the russet lap the spindle plays, Her e'ening stent reels she as weel's the lave.1778 A. Ross Helenore (ed. 2) 54 Their stent [1768 task] was mair than they cou'd well mak out.1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 754 On shifting the workers from one stent to another.1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Stent, a word used by the oyster dredgers in North Kent, to denote that amount or number of oysters, fixed by the rules of their association, which they may dredge in one day.1898 E. P. Evans Evol. Ethics v. 176 Spinoza had to secure his subsistence by grinding his stent of lenses before he could gratify his love of philosophy.1533 J. Heywood Play of Wether sig. Biiiv No water haue we to grynde at any stynt. ?1567 Merie Tales Master Skelton sig. Civ They wanted of their mele, and complained..that they could not make their stint of breade. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 319 The First [Press-man] takes his choice to Pull or Beat the agreed stint first. 1749 G. Berkeley in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley (1871) viii. 320 Their stint, on account of health, is an hour and half a day for painting. 1803 T. Netherton in Naval Chron. 15 314 The Caulkers..are employed by stint on new work. 1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 285 Here..I..took to doing ‘German Romance’ as my daily work, ‘ten pages daily’ my stint. 1891 Labour Commission Gloss. (at cited word) If a man is engaged to work for eight hours, and a certain quantity of work given him to perform in that time, he is said to be working by stint. 1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 369 They were letting in the water for the evening stint at Robert's Mill. 1955 S. Wilson Man in Grey Flannel Suit (1956) xxii. 170 After college had come a brief stint in the Army. 1957 Economist 21 Dec. 1073/1 No really outstanding executives for private business have ever been ready to take on a stint in the hardest jobs that industry in this country has to offer. 1965 Listener 24 June 933/2 This is the end of my stint for The Listener. 1976 H. Wilson Governance of Brit. vii. 130 His three or four weeks' compulsory stint as ‘Minister in Attendance’ at Balmoral. 1978 S. Brill Teamsters viii. 307 He..then served a stint as a railroad brakeman. < as lemmas |
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