英语词汇“by shrewsbury clock”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. In phrases. by Shrewsbury clock: added (in allusion to quot. 1598) to statements of duration as a proverbial phrase, esp. to indicate exaggeration; as exact (or regular) as Shrewsbury clock: very exact or regular.

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1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iv. 145 We rose both at an instant, and fought a long houre by Shrewesburie clocke. ]

1681 W. Winstanley Poor Robin sig. A7/2 A great many people shall feed (according as Sir John Falstaffe used to sight) three hours together by Shrewsbury Clock.

1784 H. Cowley More Ways than One i. i. 1 My master is as exact as Shrewsbury clock.

1796 J. White Orig. Lett. Sir John Falstaff 17 Fifteen minutes, as thou say'st, by Shrewsbury clock.

1835 J. Kincaid Random Shots from Rifleman xiii. 332 Sir Arthur, in all his movements for twenty years, had been as regular as Shrewsbury clock.

1891 R. L. Stevenson Let. in Wks. (1923) XXII. xi. 386 I remember, when I first saw this, laughing for an hour by Shrewsbury clock.

1901 G. B. Shaw Admirable Bashville iii. 324 On the impenetrable sarcolobe That holds his seedling brain these fists have pounded By Shrewsb'ry clock an hour.

单词	by shrewsbury clock
释义	> as lemmas by Shrewsbury clock 2. In phrases. by Shrewsbury clock: added (in allusion to quot. 1598) to statements of duration as a proverbial phrase, esp. to indicate exaggeration; as exact (or regular) as Shrewsbury clock: very exact or regular. ΚΠ 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iv. 145 We rose both at an instant, and fought a long houre by Shrewesburie clocke. View more context for this quotation] 1681 W. Winstanley Poor Robin sig. A7/2 A great many people shall feed (according as Sir John Falstaffe used to sight) three hours together by Shrewsbury Clock. 1784 H. Cowley More Ways than One i. i. 1 My master is as exact as Shrewsbury clock. 1796 J. White Orig. Lett. Sir John Falstaff 17 Fifteen minutes, as thou say'st, by Shrewsbury clock. 1835 J. Kincaid Random Shots from Rifleman xiii. 332 Sir Arthur, in all his movements for twenty years, had been as regular as Shrewsbury clock. 1891 R. L. Stevenson Let. in Wks. (1923) XXII. xi. 386 I remember, when I first saw this, laughing for an hour by Shrewsbury clock. 1901 G. B. Shaw Admirable Bashville iii. 324 On the impenetrable sarcolobe That holds his seedling brain these fists have pounded By Shrewsb'ry clock an hour. extracted from Shrewsburyn. < as lemmas
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