| 单词 | in blast, at or in full blast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin blast, at or in full blast c. in blast, at or in full blast (also transferred): at work, in full operation; also full blast: at full pitch; esp. very loudly. out of blast: not at work, stopped. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > in operation [phrase] > in full operation afloat?1548 in (full) play1669 in full swing1703 at full swarth1713 in blast, at or in full blast1780 in (also at) full riot1848 the world > action or operation > inaction > in a state of inactivity [phrase] > out of action out of order1530 out of commission1533 on the shelfa1577 out of action1703 out of blast1832 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adverb] loud971 bremeOE strongly1340 sternly?a1400 lustilyc1400 great1534 vociferously1637 stentorophonically1693 thunderously1842 full blast1936 1780 in Virginia State Papers (1875) I. 370 If Mr. Ross can get in Blast time enough..he shall be paid for Shot Twenty five pounds pr: ton. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 652 At present there are four or five furnaces in the state that are in blast. 1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley vii. 114 The day when yonder furnaces are out of blast will be the day of your ruin. 1839 F. Marryat Diary in Amer. II. 229 In full blast—something in the extreme. ‘When she came to meeting, with her yellow hat and feathers, was'n't she in full blast?’ 1853 A. Bunn Old Eng. & New Eng. I. v. 86 Oyster-saloons..to use an American phrase ‘in full blast’ (Anglicè, having a great run of business). 1855 J. S. C. Abbott Hist. Napoleon I. xxvi. 412 All the foundries of France were in full blast. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 143 The organ..was in full blast in the church. 1874 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David IV. Ps. lxxxviii. 1. 130 They burned perpetually like a furnace at full blast. 1936 H. Miller Black Spring (1938) 84 A penny arcade is going full blast. 1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart ii. ii. 191 Even when the wireless was not on full blast, Daphne often shouted as though it were. 1957 I. Cross God Boy (1958) xxi. 183 If it had come through a radio going full blast [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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