英语词汇“to take ten”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

n. colloquial (originally U.S. Mining). to take five (also ten) and variants: to have a break of five (or ten) minutes; to have a short rest; to relax.

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society > leisure > [verb (transitive)] > take a break (from doing something)

to take five (also ten)1916

1916 Mining & Engin. World 1 Apr. 660/2 When your candle goes out in the draft And you find your matches all wet..; Take five! Old Trapper, take five!

1918 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 9 Mar. 462/1 If he can save a little time at the beginning and the end of the shift and not ‘take five’ too often, it would be quite possible for him to increase his output by four cars.

1929 Amer. Speech 5 147 If the miner craves a rest while on the job, he takes five, a long enough period for a smoke.

1943 Yank 7 May 3 Six members of a reconnaissance group ‘take 10’ at a railroad station.

1961 G. T. Simon Feeling of Jazz 30 Man, I'm glad they said to take five, because this next arrangement looks rough.

1971 D. Wells & S. Dance Night People ix. 128 Honey Coles, the stage manager, told us to take fifteen.

1973 W. Sheed People will always be Kind vi. 60 ‘Could you go a little faster, Fatman?’.. It was difficult making jokes... ‘O.K. Fatstuff, take five, I was only kidding.’

2002 C. Williams Sugar & Slate 111 Occasionally, drained of energy by the heat, I might stop to buy a coke or a Banks and a packet of biscuits before reaching his veranda; take a five sitting on the bottom shelf of the two tier bench.

2012 Psychologies (U.K. ed.) Apr. 143/2 What stops us taking 10? Guilt, first and foremost—and worry that we're ‘doing nothing’.

b. esp. of the hour of the day: originally ten hours, ten of the clock: see of the clock at clock n.¹ and adv. Phrases 1a.Also with ellipsis of ‘minutes’ in ten past or ten to or (U.S.) ten till, ten minutes after or before the hour; to take ten (U.S.): see take v. Phrases 3n.

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the world > time > particular time > [adjective] > of the time of day > of specific times

tenc1386

seven?c1425

twoc1485

six1600

twelve-hour1791

undecimarian1874

undeciman1883

the world > time > particular time > [adjective] > of the time of day > minutes before or after the hour

half past one1750

ten1852

thirty1870

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Prol. 5 Ten of the clokke it was tho as I gesse.

1427 Sc. Acts Jas. I c. 118 Fra ten houres to twa efter nune.

c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 71 At ten houris in the morning.

1681 T. White in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 55 Yesterday about tenne in the morning.

1713 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 27 Jan. (1948) II. 609 He went away at 10.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xliv. 291 There is admittance till ten, for a toll of one stiver each person.

1795 tr. K. P. Moritz Trav. Eng. (1886) ii. 17 It might be about ten or eleven o'clock.

1810 W. Scott Let. 30 Jan. (1932) II. 291 The play..exceeded the usual length (lasting till half-past ten).

1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain III. ii. 16 About ten at night, Maria Diaz..arrived with her son.

1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour i. vi. 27 ‘We shall be late. See, it's only ten to, now,’ continued he, pointing to the timepiece above the fire.

1897 Daily News 18 Nov. 8/5 ‘You are the ten o'clock man’, meaning that he came on duty at that time.

1937 ‘P. Wentworth’ Case is Closed ix. 95 Then it couldn't have been later than ten past eight when you heard that shot?

1960 S. Barstow Kind of Loving i. ii. 53 Nobody ever arranges to meet somebody at ten to and so she must either be late or not coming.

1962 M. Gordon & G. Gordon Journey with Stranger (1963) iv. 36 ‘Ten till,’ he said... ‘I'll go in first.’

1979 ‘J. le Carré’ Smiley's People xxiii. 265 The time was ten to eleven.

单词	to take ten
释义	> as lemmas to take five (also ten) n. colloquial (originally U.S. Mining). to take five (also ten) and variants: to have a break of five (or ten) minutes; to have a short rest; to relax. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [verb (transitive)] > take a break (from doing something) to take five (also ten)1916 1916 Mining & Engin. World 1 Apr. 660/2 When your candle goes out in the draft And you find your matches all wet..; Take five! Old Trapper, take five! 1918 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 9 Mar. 462/1 If he can save a little time at the beginning and the end of the shift and not ‘take five’ too often, it would be quite possible for him to increase his output by four cars. 1929 Amer. Speech 5 147 If the miner craves a rest while on the job, he takes five, a long enough period for a smoke. 1943 Yank 7 May 3 Six members of a reconnaissance group ‘take 10’ at a railroad station. 1961 G. T. Simon Feeling of Jazz 30 Man, I'm glad they said to take five, because this next arrangement looks rough. 1971 D. Wells & S. Dance Night People ix. 128 Honey Coles, the stage manager, told us to take fifteen. 1973 W. Sheed People will always be Kind vi. 60 ‘Could you go a little faster, Fatman?’.. It was difficult making jokes... ‘O.K. Fatstuff, take five, I was only kidding.’ 2002 C. Williams Sugar & Slate 111 Occasionally, drained of energy by the heat, I might stop to buy a coke or a Banks and a packet of biscuits before reaching his veranda; take a five sitting on the bottom shelf of the two tier bench. 2012 Psychologies (U.K. ed.) Apr. 143/2 What stops us taking 10? Guilt, first and foremost—and worry that we're ‘doing nothing’. extracted from takev. to take ten b. esp. of the hour of the day: originally ten hours, ten of the clock: see of the clock at clock n.¹ and adv. Phrases 1a.Also with ellipsis of ‘minutes’ in ten past or ten to or (U.S.) ten till, ten minutes after or before the hour; to take ten (U.S.): see take v. Phrases 3n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [adjective] > of the time of day > of specific times tenc1386 seven?c1425 twoc1485 six1600 twelve-hour1791 undecimarian1874 undeciman1883 the world > time > particular time > [adjective] > of the time of day > minutes before or after the hour half past one1750 ten1852 thirty1870 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Prol. 5 Ten of the clokke it was tho as I gesse. 1427 Sc. Acts Jas. I c. 118 Fra ten houres to twa efter nune. c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 71 At ten houris in the morning. 1681 T. White in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 55 Yesterday about tenne in the morning. 1713 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 27 Jan. (1948) II. 609 He went away at 10. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xliv. 291 There is admittance till ten, for a toll of one stiver each person. 1795 tr. K. P. Moritz Trav. Eng. (1886) ii. 17 It might be about ten or eleven o'clock. 1810 W. Scott Let. 30 Jan. (1932) II. 291 The play..exceeded the usual length (lasting till half-past ten). 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain III. ii. 16 About ten at night, Maria Diaz..arrived with her son. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour i. vi. 27 ‘We shall be late. See, it's only ten to, now,’ continued he, pointing to the timepiece above the fire. 1897 Daily News 18 Nov. 8/5 ‘You are the ten o'clock man’, meaning that he came on duty at that time. 1937 ‘P. Wentworth’ Case is Closed ix. 95 Then it couldn't have been later than ten past eight when you heard that shot? 1960 S. Barstow Kind of Loving i. ii. 53 Nobody ever arranges to meet somebody at ten to and so she must either be late or not coming. 1962 M. Gordon & G. Gordon Journey with Stranger (1963) iv. 36 ‘Ten till,’ he said... ‘I'll go in first.’ 1979 ‘J. le Carré’ Smiley's People xxiii. 265 The time was ten to eleven. extracted from tenadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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