| 单词 | in a big way |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a big way P3. in a big way: see way n.1 and int.1 Phrases 7h(b). in a big way (b) in a big way. extracted from wayn.1int.1 (i) Originally U.S. On a large scale, intensively; (in extended use) enthusiastically; with great commitment or display; (in more weakened use) to a great extent, very much; very well. Also occasionally with other intensive adjectives.With reference to a business enterprise, e.g. quot. 1943, overlapping with Phrases 7h(a)(ii). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > there is much success [phrase] > with great success in a big way1840 like a bandit1943 like a bomb1954 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > with great vigour or energy with (also in) mood and maineOE vigour13.. with or by (all one's) might and mainc1330 with (one's) forcec1380 like anything1665 hammer and tongs1708 like stour1787 (in) double tides1788 like blazes1818 like winking1827 with a will1827 like winky1830 like all possessed1833 in a big way1840 like (or worse than) sin1840 full swing1843 like a Trojan1846 like one o'clock1847 like sixty1848 like forty1852 like wildfire1857 like old boots1865 like blue murder1867 like steam1905 like stink1929 like one thing1938 like a demon1945 up a storm1953 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > on a large scale by (also at, in) wholesale1417 on or upon a (large, small, liberal, etc.) scale1785 to do things on the big figure1831 in a big way1840 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] a great dealc1000 much dealc1225 on highc1400 little1483 good and proper1508 not smally1548 a deal1756 in a big way1840 more than somewhat1930 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adverb] > with great enthusiasm in a big way1840 1840 Burlington (New Jersey) Silk Record Dec. 13/2 We have tried the feeding upon solid surfaces in a large way. 1870 Christian Union 25 June 411/4 If I lived wheer I could keep a milk-cart a goin' as some folks do, I'd go in a big way for sowed corn to feed green. 1889 Sunday Mag. 66/1 Water..boiled round it, and leaped over it, and hurled it about in a huge way, carrying it towards the jagged rocks at the mouth of the river. 1911 J. E. Buckrose Love in Little Town xiii. 235 Love had come to her in a big way, inspiring her with courage to do anything for the man she loved. 1927 F. Harris My Life & Loves III. v. 69 I meant to take up the whole problem of journalism in a big way when I came back. 1932 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 10 Jan. 17/3 A gangster who calls himself Napoleon and who goes in for crime in a big way. 1936 H. L. Ickes Diary 30 June (1955) I. 626 The speech went over in a big way. 1943 J. S. Huxley TVA vii. 51 Over half a million acres..of fishable water..are already being taken advantage of in a big way. 1950 C. MacInnes To Victors the Spoils ii. 211 I could go for her in a big way. 1956 Internat. Jrnl. 11 139 It must resort to force in a massive way. 1974 M. Palin Diary 19 Nov. in Python Years (2006) 196 Certainly we have already made our mark on Benidorm, so maybe UK and Spain should amalgamate and go into leisure in a big way. 1993 Network June 31/2 A trend in world beat that is beginning to take hold of audiences in a big way is Jamaican dance hall music. 2009 Hoosier Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 29 Nov. (Herald-Times ed.) f5/6 Our mother insists year after year that we ‘kids’ celebrate their anniversary in a big way. (ii) regional. In predicative use, of a person: elated, excited; (U.S.) spec. vociferous with excitement. Now rare. ΚΠ 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire 427 ‘In a big way’ means proud, elated. ‘——'ll bey in a big wee naï he's tayn th' prize at the cheese show.’ 1903 Dial. Notes 2 306 [Missouri] Big way (to get in a), v. phr., to become excited. ‘The preacher got in a big way and you could hear him a mile.’ 1906 Dial. Notes 3 115 [Indiana] Big way, a noisy manner. ‘He's in a big-way.’ < as lemmas |
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