英语词汇“do duty”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

f. Of things: to do duty, to discharge a function; to serve or stand for something else.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > supplanting or replacement > take the place of or replace [verb (intransitive)]

to stand for ——lOE

to give steadc1340

to stand in a person's stead?a1515

to do (obs.), fill, serve, supply the stead of1558

to fill the room of1562

to usurp the place of1574

suppullulate1601

to stead upa1616

to take the place ofa1616

succenturiate1630

act1651

succeed1692

to do duty1825

1825 H. Wilson Mem. II. 175 Such a thing on his head, doing duty for a hat!

1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue vi. 249 Observe that ought does duty for both these senses.

1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab ii. 28 A railway reading lamp did duty for footlights.

1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 198 With historians and other prose writers, stock epithets almost always do duty.

g. to do (one's) duty: euphemism for ‘to defecate, urinate’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > [verb (intransitive)]

to do one's business1596

to pluck a rose1613

to pay a call1648

to go backward1748

go1804

to do (one's) duty1935

to wash one's hands1938

to spend a penny1945

perform1963

1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down iii. iv. 509 The lamb ran away and stood in the middle of the field doing duties at an adjacent haystack.

1938 I. Goldberg Wonder of Words vi. 108 The child..never defecates or urinates; he..does his ‘duty’.

单词	do duty
释义	> as lemmas to do duty f. Of things: to do duty, to discharge a function; to serve or stand for something else. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > supplanting or replacement > take the place of or replace [verb (intransitive)] to stand for ——lOE to give steadc1340 to stand in a person's stead?a1515 to do (obs.), fill, serve, supply the stead of1558 to fill the room of1562 to usurp the place of1574 suppullulate1601 to stead upa1616 to take the place ofa1616 succenturiate1630 act1651 succeed1692 to do duty1825 1825 H. Wilson Mem. II. 175 Such a thing on his head, doing duty for a hat! 1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue vi. 249 Observe that ought does duty for both these senses. 1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab ii. 28 A railway reading lamp did duty for footlights. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 198 With historians and other prose writers, stock epithets almost always do duty. extracted from dutyn. to do (one's) duty g. to do (one's) duty: euphemism for ‘to defecate, urinate’. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > [verb (intransitive)] to do one's business1596 to pluck a rose1613 to pay a call1648 to go backward1748 go1804 to do (one's) duty1935 to wash one's hands1938 to spend a penny1945 perform1963 1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down iii. iv. 509 The lamb ran away and stood in the middle of the field doing duties at an adjacent haystack. 1938 I. Goldberg Wonder of Words vi. 108 The child..never defecates or urinates; he..does his ‘duty’. extracted from dutyn. < as lemmas
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