| 单词 | day about |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(day and) day about a. (day and) day about: on alternate days in rotation; each on or for a day in his or her turn. Cf. about adv. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [adverb] > every specific number of days (day and) day about1708 1568 Wyf of Auchtirmwchty l. 22 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 321 Content am I To tak þe pluche my day abowt.] 1708 Duke of Rohan's Man. v. 168 Here is only one Tribune mentioned, which inclines me to believe, that the two Tribunes..commanded day and day about. 1806 4th Rep. Commissioners Civil Affairs Navy App. 165 The six junior Clerks are to take in turn (day about) to see that Vouchers, Books, &c. are put by in their proper places at the end of the day. 1810 Gentleman's Mag. July 33/1 At the siege of the Havannah, the Namur and Valiant took it day and day about to fight a sap battery. 1875 Monthly Packet June 642 They should..each take the other's work, day about, turn in turn. 1903 Engin. Mag. 25 222 One man worked day about on each wheel. 1939 F. Thompson Lark Rise x. 190 When the two women fried a rasher for their midday meal..they took it in turn to have the rasher, the other one dipping her bread in the fat, day and day about. 2005 E. J. Shelton & H. Lübcke in C. M. Hall & S. Boyd Nature-Based Tourism in Peripheral Areas xiv. 220 The adults take it in turns day-about to remain on the nest during incubation. < as lemmas |
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