单词 | hard-driving |
释义 | > as lemmashard-driving hard-driving adj. ΚΠ 1771 R. Michell Poems 24 The hard-driving Billows hoarsely roaring round. 1815 T. Chalmers Let. in Mem. (1850) II. 18 A heartless, hard driving, distracting, and wearing out life among the bustle of unministerial work. 1898 S. R. Crockett Standard Bearer x A great, strong, kindly, hard-driving ‘nowt’ of a man. 1924 Princeton Alumni Weekly 21 May 702/1 Harvard..by dint of heroic effort and courage nosed out the hard-driving New Haven combination by a half length. 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 157/1 The cowboy is as non-erotic as the hard-driving executive. 2007 Time Out N.Y. 29 Mar. 124/4 The roughed-up guitar riffs and hard-driving beats still rip with bluesy urgency. < as lemmas |
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