单词 | to turn a wheel |
释义 | > as lemmasto turn a wheel q. to turn a wheel: (of a vehicle) to move or be set in motion; figurative (of a person or thing) to move forward, to make progress, to begin working (chiefly North American regional). Usually in negative constructions, as can't turn a wheel, won't turn a wheel, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > move [verb (intransitive)] > set in motion to turn a wheel1849 to set on1855 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make progress or advance (of action or operation) fremec1000 furtherc1200 profit1340 to go onc1449 grow1487 to commence to, intoa1500 framea1529 to get ground?1529 movec1540 work1566 promove1570 advance1577 devolve1579 to come on1584 progress1612 to gain ground1625 germinate1640 proceed1670 to gather ground1697 march1702 to make its way1711 to come forward1722 develop1744 to turn a wheel1864 shape1865 come1899 1849 Rep. Deb. & Proc. Convent. for Revision Constit. State of Kentucky 833/2 The old carriage that..has not turned a wheel for years, is taxed just as much as that which is running in all the splendor of novelty. 1864 N. Y. Times 19 Mar. 1/1 Your Convention assembled can do nothing more toward realizing the end in view than your Legislature or your Governor can accomplish. It can't turn a wheel. 1920 F. Lynde Girl, Horse & Dog ix. 158 You said a minute ago that I couldn't turn a wheel without your consent. You can't turn a wheel at all—without money. 1967 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (online ed., accessed 6 May 2021) at Turn Was it the first of June it started raining? We didn't turn a wheel for almost three weeks. 2001 Leader-Post (Regina, Sask.) (Nexis) 21 Jan. a11 He is a proponent of the ‘farm sabbatical’ program that is now calling on farmers in both Canada and the United States to simply not plant a crop in 2001... ‘We won't turn a wheel,’ he said. ‘Everything will shut down.’ 2009 Classic Tractor Sept. 81/1 I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that one day I'll stumble across the ultimate barn-find—a low-hour 7000 [tractor] that hasn't turned a wheel for 20 years. < as lemmas |
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