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单词 up a storm
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up a storm
e. up a storm adverbial phrase, vehemently, violently, with enthusiasm or energy. U.S. colloquial.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > with great vigour or energy
with (also in) mood and maineOE
vigour13..
with or by (all one's) might and mainc1330
with (one's) forcec1380
like anything1665
hammer and tongs1708
like stour1787
(in) double tides1788
like blazes1818
like winking1827
with a will1827
like winky1830
like all possessed1833
in a big way1840
like (or worse than) sin1840
full swing1843
like a Trojan1846
like one o'clock1847
like sixty1848
like forty1852
like wildfire1857
like old boots1865
like blue murder1867
like steam1905
like stink1929
like one thing1938
like a demon1945
up a storm1953
1953 J. Street Civil War iv. 55 The editors just r'ared back in the omnipotence of Jove and pontificated up a storm.
1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues xviii. 167 After Marietta taught me, I knitted up a storm and got real fancy. I made cable-knit sweaters for Bobby Tucker and his little boy.
1965 Charlottesville (Va.) Daily Progress 29 Apr. 6/1 When I ask him to go to the store for me he starts to wheeze up a storm and tells me he is a sick man.
1967 Boston Sunday Herald 30 Apr. (Mag.) 19/3 Right now she's cooking up a storm in preparation for the rash of friends who will be stopping by on their way to Expo.
1972 TV Guide (U.S.) 15 Jan. a54/1 Aretha Franklin sings up a storm and impersonates top female vocalists.
1974 K. Millett Flying (1975) v. 518 I will console myself with material goods. I will shop up a storm.
1983 Oxf. Times 29 Apr. 3/7 Youngsters from the First Yarnton Brownies have been knitting up a storm to make a blanket for Mother Theresa in India.
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