| 单词 | in a hurry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a hurry a. in a hurry: In haste due to pressure, want of time, or excitement; in urgent haste. Π 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 42 The other had no sooner got his Gun, but in a hurry he fires upon him; but not taking good aim, did not do any execution. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World vi. 195 He was in a great hurry, getting his spritsail-yard fore and aft. a1773 Chesterfield in J. Trusler Princ. Politeness (1790) 61 A man of sense may be in haste, but he is never in a hurry... To be in a hurry is a proof that the business we embark in is too great for us. 1774 C. J. Phipps Voy. N. Pole 129 This instrument, though far from complete, having been constructed in a hurry for the purpose of a first experiment. 1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 124 I drew it up in a hurry, intending to transcribe it. 1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 114 While the sun shines, such an enterprise must make hay in a hurry. 1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 53 What a hurry you are in! < as lemmas |
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