单词 | even on |
释义 | > as lemmaseven on P5. Irish English and Scottish. even on: continuously, uninterruptedly. ΚΠ 1831 M. Edgeworth Let. ?18 May (1971) 543 I read it [sc. the history of the election] even on and understood it perfectly. 1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin iv. 38 When it [sc. the baby] lay still, it did naething but mourn even on. 1897 P. H. Hunter John Armiger's Revenge xvii. 187 On the road hame he begoud to haver, puir lad, an' he's havered even on since syne. 1932 Border Mag. Apr. 60 Ye canna expec' machinery to serve ye even-on if ye dinna respec' it eneuch to pey attention till't. 1988 A. Stewart in R. Leitch Bk. Sandy Stewart iv. 55 We done casual fermwork—no steady even on, but sometimes if the fermer needit us. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 117/1 Even on, (of rain) heavily, continuously. < as lemmas |
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