单词 | hard at |
释义 | > as lemmashard at a. hard at: busily or energetically engaged in; esp. in hard at work. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] hard at1570 1570 J. God Disc. Great Crueltie of Widowe sig. B.iijv Hard at woorke,..She skant would lift hir from her stoole where she as then did spin. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. i. 21 My Father Is hard at study; pray now rest your selfe, Hee's safe for these three houres. View more context for this quotation 1648 J. Lilburne Lawes Funerall 2 I..found both Judges and my Grandee Adversary, Soliciter, Sr. Iohn. &c. very hard at whispering discourse, near the Chancery Court. 1717 W. Nicolson London Diaries 4–8 July (1985) 664 P.m. Hard at my press-work. 1763 London Chron. 20 Jan. 1/1 They are likewise hard at work at Toulon on the construction of ships of war. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 321 Fair Childhood hard at play. 1871 Lady M. A. Barker Christmas Cake in Four Quarters iv. iii. 302 The quoits were got out, and the iron pegs stuck in the ground, and some of the shearers were soon hard at work pitching the heavy circlets through the air. 1900 T. Dreiser Sister Carrie ii. 17 A polished array of office fixtures, much frosted glass, clerks hard at work. 1947 Flying Sept. 74/1 In the upstairs office he looks like a student hard at study. 2008 C. Walsh Interns iii. 35 When I'm away from my desk, you make sure to tell people that I'm hard at work on our presentation. < as lemmas |
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