| 单词 | in the thick of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the thick of b. figurative. The position, time, stage, or state in which activity is most intense; the midst, the height (of an action). Always in the thick of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > in progress [phrase] > while something is going on in the midst of1535 in midst (of)a1556 in the middle of1609 thick1681 society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [adverb] > in the thick of the fight in pressa1450 in the thick of1821 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace ix. 214 Something they enjoy..in the very thick of troubles. 1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus iii. i. 86 Where a soldier should be, In the thick of the fight. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. i. 13 They are in the thick of a revival. 1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 V. lv. 348 The bishop was in the thick of these splendid projects. 1885 H. Dunckley in Manch. Examiner 15 June 6/2 We are now in the thick of a Cabinet crisis. < as lemmas |
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