单词 | at random |
释义 | at randomSEE SYNONYMS FOR at random ON THESAURUS.COM Without order or fixed purpose, haphazardly, as in Jackson Pollock dropped paints on canvas seemingly at random. Originally this phrase meant “very speedily” and “heedlessly.” Shakespeare had the present usage in 1 Henry VI (5:3): “He talks at random; sure the man is mad.” [Late 1500s] Words nearby at randomat peace, at present, atrabilious, atracurium besylate, Atrahasis, at random, atraumatic suture, atrazine, Atrek, atremble, atresia 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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