单词 | once-over-lightly |
释义 | once-over-lightly[ wuhns-oh-ver-lahyt-lee ] / ˈwʌnsˌoʊ vərˈlaɪt li / noun Informal.a hasty or superficial treatment, look, examination, etc.; once-over: The maid gave the room the once-over-lightly. Origin of once-over-lightlyFirst recorded in 1940–45 Words nearby once-over-lightlyonce in a blue moon, once in a lifetime, once in a while, Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once-over, once-over-lightly, oncer, once upon a time, Onchocerca, onchocerciasis, oncidium Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Idioms and Phrases with once-over-lightlyonce over lightly Cursorily, quickly, as in I did go over the program once over lightly, but perhaps I should read it more carefully. [Colloquial; mid-1900s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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