| 单词 | first come, first served |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfirst come, first served d. first come, first served. extracted from firstadj.adv.n.2 (a) As proverbial phrase. [Compare he that comes first to the mill grinds first at mill n.1 Phrases 1] . ΚΠ ?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xvii. sig. E3 First come, first serued: so one or ij. shal be all payed, and the rest shal haue nothyng. 1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour i. ii. sig. C3 And you know First come first seru'd. 1785 J. O'Keeffe Fontainbleau iii. 60 First come first served, as father says to his customers in the shop at home. 1860 Macmillan's Mag. June 113 The sailors..rushed away to the boat. First come, first in. 1887 Times (Weekly ed.) 24 June 7/4 It was..a case of first come, first served. 1934 R. Riskin It Happened One Night in Six Screenplays (1997) 223 Ellie. Are those seats reserved? Driver. No. First come, first served. 1960 ‘J. Winton’ We saw Sea i. 8 ‘Tell you what Hogg, if there's a chance of a destroyer in the next few days I'll give you first shot at it. How's that?’.. ‘Good, first come first served.’ 2005 Rhythm Feb. 5/2 It's first come, first served, so get your skates on. (b) attributive: used to indicate that people will be dealt with strictly in the order in which they arrive or apply. ΚΠ 1845 N.Y. Herald 31 Aug. The ‘first come first served’ principle will be established. 1888 Parl. Deb. 3rd. Ser. 331 174 The Commissioners..instead of adopting the ‘first come, first served’ principle, should advance the money, on adequate security, to resident tenants. 1910 Inland Storekeeper Sept. 452/2 The plates will be given on the ‘first-come, first served’ basis. 1960 R. B. Gregg Power of Nonviolence (ed. 2) i. 38 Passengers were seated on a first-come, first-served basis. 2011 Daily Tel. 29 July 3/6 Visitors to Clarence House..will be allowed in on a first come, first served basis. < as lemmas |
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