| 单词 | day after day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasday after day a. day after day: for days in succession; on many successive occasions; repeatedly, continuously. Cf. after prep. 5b. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [adverb] daiwhomlyOE adaya1200 day for dayc1386 day by dayc1390 daily1416 quotidianlya1438 quotidiallyc1475 per diem1485 journally1554 diurnally1599 day after day1830 day-to-day1928 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. i. f. 2 He..appeased theyr furie, and prolonged day after day [L. diem ex die]. 1597 H. Arthington Prouision for Poore sig. C2v Persons, as riotously waste their goods and substance, in surfetting and drunkennesse, in banketting and bellicheare, day after day deuouring more meate and drinke into one bellie, then woulde well serue two or three persons. 1670 J. Ogilby America iii. vii. 520 News coming day after day of the extraordinary Preparations in Spain, it was judg'd convenient to strengthen the Fleet with fourteen Ships. 1795 Tomahawk! 10 Nov. 47/1 The French..attacked the Imperial troops, day after day, for twenty-two days running. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Poems 33 A world of peace And confidence, day after day. 1924 C. J. Galpin Rural Social Probl. xvii. 276 I worked day after day, pitchforking and banking and raking, until there wasn't a twig or a root left. 1968 P. G. Hollowell Lorry Driver iv. 101 In the factory it's just repetition, the same thing day after day. 2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 29 July a15/1 Day after day they slog through the heat, dust and mud, waiting for the enemy to initiate contact. < as lemmas |
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