英语词汇“at the double (on the double)”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

at the double (US on the double)

At running speed; very fast: he disappeared at the double...

We're ushered through at the double and there is little time to appreciate the metaphysical ambience.
Hawks began at the double and applied themselves to the task at hand with vim and vigour, taking all the early ball and constructing an effortless try in the process.
Upbeat York City chairman John Batchelor is urging a new red and white army to invade Bootham Crescent - at the double.

Synonyms

very quickly, as fast as one's legs can carry one, at a run, at a gallop, hotfoot, on the double, fast, swiftly, rapidly, briskly, speedily, at high speed, with all speed, at (full) speed, at the speed of light, at full tilt, express, post-haste, as fast as possible, with all possible haste, like a whirlwind, like an arrow from a bow, at breakneck speed, expeditiously, madly, with dispatch

informal double quick, in double quick time, p.d.q. (pretty damn quick), nippily, like (greased) lightning, at warp speed, hell for leather, like mad, like crazy, like blazes, like the wind, like a bomb, like nobody's business, like a scalded cat, like the deuce, a mile a minute, like a bat out of hell, at warp speed

British informal like the clappers, at a rate of knots, like billy-o

North American informal lickety-split

literary apace

See parent entry: double

单词	at the double (on the double)
释义	at the double (US on the double) At running speed; very fast: he disappeared at the double... We're ushered through at the double and there is little time to appreciate the metaphysical ambience. Hawks began at the double and applied themselves to the task at hand with vim and vigour, taking all the early ball and constructing an effortless try in the process. Upbeat York City chairman John Batchelor is urging a new red and white army to invade Bootham Crescent - at the double. Synonyms very quickly, as fast as one's legs can carry one, at a run, at a gallop, hotfoot, on the double, fast, swiftly, rapidly, briskly, speedily, at high speed, with all speed, at (full) speed, at the speed of light, at full tilt, express, post-haste, as fast as possible, with all possible haste, like a whirlwind, like an arrow from a bow, at breakneck speed, expeditiously, madly, with dispatch informal double quick, in double quick time, p.d.q. (pretty damn quick), nippily, like (greased) lightning, at warp speed, hell for leather, like mad, like crazy, like blazes, like the wind, like a bomb, like nobody's business, like a scalded cat, like the deuce, a mile a minute, like a bat out of hell, at warp speed British informal like the clappers, at a rate of knots, like billy-o North American informal lickety-split literary apace See parent entry: double
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