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

b. As the second element in adverbial phrases describing motion with a specified part in front, as feet first. Cf. foremost adj. 3d.face-, head, nose, tail-first: see the first element.

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the world > space > relative position > front > at or in (the) front [phrase] > with specific part in front

head, end, stern, etc. foremost1697

feet first1780

1627 J. Speed Prospect most Famovs Parts World 35/1 When they had once tried their strength, and found their Forces sufficient in behalfe of others, they..turned head first upon their pay-masters.

1780 Proc. Old Bailey 6 Dec. 36/1 We got her out with difficulty; she had got in feet first.

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 401 A violent storm of wind dashed her..stern first, against a floe of ice.

1888 H. Palmer in Outing Nov. 164/1 He will plunge head first, or feet first, for the bag.

1989 ‘C. Roman’ Foreplay ix. 109 She falls arse first in the garbage pail.

2005 C. Cleave Incendiary 221 I went in feet first and I went very far down.

(b) feet first.

(i) Esp. with reference to leaping or plunging downwards: with the feet going first or in front of the rest of the body. Also in figurative contexts: with full commitment, with abandon. Cf. feet foremost at Phrases 1g(a).

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1780 Proc. Old Bailey 6 Dec. 36/1 We got her out with difficulty; she had got in feet first.

1841 J. L. Stephens Incidents Trav. Central Amer. II. xxiii. 406 We bade farewell..and, feet first, descended the steps and set off on a trot.

1888 H. Palmer in Outing Nov. 164/1 He will plunge head first, or feet first, for the bag.

1959 Guardian 3 Dec. 9/1 The ‘Bronx Bagel-babies’—the middle class girls who leap feet first into the vie Bohême.

1997 Harbour Breton Coaster 21 Aug. 8/4 Osprey plunging feet first into the ocean, grasping clawfulls of fish before ascending back into the sky.

2003 New Scientist 30 Aug. 16/3 If you plummeted feet-first into a black hole, your feet would experience a stronger pull than your head.

(ii) With reference to leaving or being carried out: as a corpse, dead. Cf. feet foremost at Phrases 1g(a).

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1844 G. T. Bigelow & G. Bemis Rep. Trial A. Rogers, Jr. 110 He told me..that he should not live twenty-four hours;..and that he should not go out till he went feet first.

1869 All Year Round 13 Sept. 371 They brought my father home feet first.

1949 P. Larkin Let. 30 Oct. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 156 The subsequent consequences keep them busy in an endless chain till they're carried out feet first.

1988 J. Frame Carpathians vi. 41 It will do me until they carry me out feet first.

2006 N. Ephron I feel Bad about my Neck (2008) 71 Every so often an ambulance pulled into the courtyard and..took a tenant away feet first.

单词	feet first
释义	> as lemmas feet first b. As the second element in adverbial phrases describing motion with a specified part in front, as feet first. Cf. foremost adj. 3d.face-, head, nose, tail-first: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > at or in (the) front [phrase] > with specific part in front head, end, stern, etc. foremost1697 feet first1780 1627 J. Speed Prospect most Famovs Parts World 35/1 When they had once tried their strength, and found their Forces sufficient in behalfe of others, they..turned head first upon their pay-masters. 1780 Proc. Old Bailey 6 Dec. 36/1 We got her out with difficulty; she had got in feet first. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 401 A violent storm of wind dashed her..stern first, against a floe of ice. 1888 H. Palmer in Outing Nov. 164/1 He will plunge head first, or feet first, for the bag. 1989 ‘C. Roman’ Foreplay ix. 109 She falls arse first in the garbage pail. 2005 C. Cleave Incendiary 221 I went in feet first and I went very far down. extracted from firstadj.adv.n.² feet first (b) feet first. (i) Esp. with reference to leaping or plunging downwards: with the feet going first or in front of the rest of the body. Also in figurative contexts: with full commitment, with abandon. Cf. feet foremost at Phrases 1g(a). ΚΠ 1780 Proc. Old Bailey 6 Dec. 36/1 We got her out with difficulty; she had got in feet first. 1841 J. L. Stephens Incidents Trav. Central Amer. II. xxiii. 406 We bade farewell..and, feet first, descended the steps and set off on a trot. 1888 H. Palmer in Outing Nov. 164/1 He will plunge head first, or feet first, for the bag. 1959 Guardian 3 Dec. 9/1 The ‘Bronx Bagel-babies’—the middle class girls who leap feet first into the vie Bohême. 1997 Harbour Breton Coaster 21 Aug. 8/4 Osprey plunging feet first into the ocean, grasping clawfulls of fish before ascending back into the sky. 2003 New Scientist 30 Aug. 16/3 If you plummeted feet-first into a black hole, your feet would experience a stronger pull than your head. (ii) With reference to leaving or being carried out: as a corpse, dead. Cf. feet foremost at Phrases 1g(a). ΚΠ 1844 G. T. Bigelow & G. Bemis Rep. Trial A. Rogers, Jr. 110 He told me..that he should not live twenty-four hours;..and that he should not go out till he went feet first. 1869 All Year Round 13 Sept. 371 They brought my father home feet first. 1949 P. Larkin Let. 30 Oct. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 156 The subsequent consequences keep them busy in an endless chain till they're carried out feet first. 1988 J. Frame Carpathians vi. 41 It will do me until they carry me out feet first. 2006 N. Ephron I feel Bad about my Neck (2008) 71 Every so often an ambulance pulled into the courtyard and..took a tenant away feet first. extracted from footn.int. < as lemmas
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