| 单词 | without further ado |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswithout further (also more) ado 2. Action, activity; work, business; fuss. without further (also more) ado, with no more ado: without further fuss or ceremony; immediately. Formerly also (Scottish) †as a count noun (obsolete). Cf. to-do n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss to-doc1330 adoc1380 great (also much) cry and little woolc1460 feery-fary1535 fray1568 stirc1595 do1598 coil1599 hurl1603 ruffle1609 clutterment1611 buzz1628 bustle1637 paddle1642 racket1644 clutter1652 tracas1656 tracasserie1656 circumference1667 flutter1667 hurly-burly1678 fuss1701 fissle1719 fraise1725 hurry-scurry1753 fix-fax1768 fal-lal1775 widdle1789 touse1792 fuffle1801 going-on1817 hurry and scurry1823 sputter1823 tew1825 Bob's-a-dying1829 fidge1832 tamasha1842 mulling1845 mussing1846 fettling1847 fooster1847 trade1854 scrimmage1855 carry-on1861 fuss-and-feathers1866 on-carry1870 make-a-do1880 miration1883 razzle-dazzle1885 song and dance1885 to get a rustle on1891 tea-party1903 stirabout1905 whoop-de-do1910 chichi1928 production1941 go-go1966 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 1495 (MED) Þe lordes buþ þan a-paste wyþ-oute more a-do. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 7 A-do, or grete bysynesse, sollicitudo. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxviii. 160 They that by the see wol go, be it in armee or to som other adoo. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xlv. 6 The Heithen are madd, the kyngdomes make much adoo. 1554 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1842) II. 276 To serf the said Lord and Maister..in all thair caussis and querrellis, bissenes and adois. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. iv. 23 Wee'le make no great a doe, a frend or two. View more context for this quotation a1646 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 162 The King's Majestie..imployed them at his pleasure in some particular adoes. 1691 A. D'Anvers Academia 22 Whop Sir, thought I, and what ado's here? 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd v. i What ails thee, gowk! to mak sae loud ado? 1755 B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sci. iii. xi. 237 The Ancients made much more ado about this Season of the Year than we. 1834 H. Taylor Philip Van Arteveld ii. iv, in Wks. I. 325 We shall have much ado with this good town. 1839 C. F. Briggs Adventures Harry Franco I. xii. 83 And without more ado, he took hold of my heels and dragged me out on to the floor before I had time to make any resistance. 1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 157/2 Where there is no House of Commons, every man will make more ado with his own house. 1859 J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies 178 (note) That any true christian ought to have any ado with filthy and dead images. 1905 Cent. Mag. Jan. 472/2 ‘Hi, man,’ says he, ‘gimme a leg; up wid you; up you goes!’ An' wid no more ado I was pickaback. 1997 M. Keyes Rachel's Holiday xliv. 378 Then without further ado..he turned on his heel and strode off down the street, leaving me staring slack-jawed after him. < as lemmas |
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