单词 | all set |
释义 | > as lemmas(to be) all set c. passive and intransitive. Of muscles, or the like: To have or assume a rigid attitude or state. Also spec. of an athlete poised to start a race. In wider use: to be prepared for action; to be ready (to do something). Frequently in (to be) all set. Cf. (get) on your mark(s) at mark n.1 33b. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [verb (intransitive)] > muscular tension set1844 cord1959 flex1972 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready i-radc888 yarec888 i-redec1000 i-redya1175 boundc1175 graith?c1225 aready1250 alreadyc1275 readyc1275 armedc1300 prestc1300 bentc1330 ripec1330 purveyed1435 mature?1440 apt1474 habile1485 in (a) case to (also for)1523 provided1533 in procinct1540 weeping-ripe1548 furnished1553 fit1569 preta1600 expedite1604 predy1613 procinct1618 foreprepared1642 presto1644 apparated1663 (ready) in one's gears1664 fallow1850 standby1893 organized1926 (to be) all set1949 1844 J. Gregg Commerce of Prairies I. 51 Each teamster vies with his fellow..and it is a matter of boastful pride to be the first to cry out—‘All's set!’ 1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) II. 174/2 The hams should not be too full of flesh, lyary, which in a young animal indicates that the carcass will soon set from growing. 1862 J. Tyndall Mountaineering in 1861 vi. 53 The muscles have become set, and some minutes are necessary to render them again elastic. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 313 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Butterflies generally set in one or two weeks. 1882 W. A. Baillie-Grohman Camps in Rockies i. 3 ‘All set!’ echoes from each of the horsemen in front. 1893 Outing 22 154/1 At the words ‘Get set!’ the arms are raised, the knees slightly bent, and..the starter braces his legs apart. 1913 S. A. Mussabini Compl. Athletic Trainer 196 The old-fashioned stand-up position enabled the runners to keep ‘set’ on their marks for a very much longer time than the present-day straining ‘crouch’ will let them do. 1930 Amer. Speech 6 120 Set for big bout. 1935 Encycl. Sports, Games & Pastimes 580/1 At the words ‘Get set’ you should let the weight come forward on to the finger tips and the leading foot, raising the left knee but lowering the back and head. 1949 N. Marsh Swing, Brother, Swing v. 84 All set, boys? Let's go. 1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest iii. 162 The du Pont Company was getting set to build the plutonium production plant. 1957 S. Duncan & K. Bone Oxf. Pocket Bk. Athletic Training (ed. 2) v. 62 On the command ‘set’ the body rises up smoothly with the body-weight on the hands and front foot. 1962 J. Heller Catch-22 vi. 51 Just when I was all set to really start stashing it away, they had to manufacture fascism and start a war. 1979 Daily Tel. 26 Feb. 21/4 National Westminster is set to produce full year figures tomorrow. < as lemmas |
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