| 单词 | hell on wheels |
| 释义 | > as lemmashell on (also †upon) wheels b. hell on (also †upon) wheels: a terrible or terrifying person or thing, esp. one of great speed; also (usually with hyphens) attributive and as complement. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > place of evil > quality of being hellish > thing or person infernal1610 hell brotha1616 hell on (also upon) wheels1843 1843 Quincy (Illinois) Herald 10 Mar. 1/4 Hell-upon-Wheels!..the most appropriate name for that craft [sc. a steam-boat]. 1897 ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime 50 To look up an' know heaven's above, an' not the roof of a hell-on-wheels—oh, that'll be grand! 1923 El Palacio (Santa Fe, New Mexico) 15 Mar. 88/1 The railhead towns were ‘hell on wheels’, and the vigilantes were at work hanging men for murder. 1945 W. Lewis Let. 13 Mar. (1963) 381 We learn here that the ‘Hell-on-wheels’ outfit has reached the Elbe. Hooray! 1966 J. Pearl Crucifixion of Pete McCabe (1967) ii. 24 He's hell on wheels on Monday mornings. 1991 B. McCarthy & M. Mallowe Vice Cop 201 My son's hell on wheels. He'll take a piece of steel and bend it round. < as lemmas |
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