| 释义 |
on end1Continuing without stopping for a specified period of time: sometimes they’ll be gone for days on end...- Sonic would keep me occupied for hours on end.
- The Cochin Port Trust continued to maintain the steel structure for years on end.
- Sometimes their legs are tied together for years on end in the misguided hope that this will heal them.
2In an upright position: he brushed his hair, leaving a tuft standing on end...- Linda's hair was messed up and Aaron's auburn hair was standing straight on end.
- Oh, and needless to say, Ronnie Spector is a complete goddess whose voice can make the hairs on the back of one's neck stand on end.
- The other kind of trailer is the one that knocks your socks off, stands your hair on end, sears the retina and leaves you gasping.
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