单词 | in the godspeed of |
释义 | > as lemmasin the Godspeed of 3. figurative. The critical part or juncture of something; the last moment. Chiefly in in the Godspeed of. Cf. in the Godspeed at Phrases 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] endc1000 endingc1000 finea1300 conclusion1382 ooc1384 close1399 finance1449 terminationc1500 last?1520 winding up1560 wind-up1573 wind-up-all1573 conclusure1578 clause1581 upshot1582 desinence1598 omega1599 Godspeed1606 finis1682 finale1786 finish1790 tie-up1829 Z1877 curtains1912 taps1917 1606 J. Day Ile of Guls sig. G4 But and I come to the godspeed ont, ile tel em ont soundly. a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 672 The best of the Jews that came to the God-speed of this days work, profest ignorance, and knew not what to make of it. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 33 This was the God-speed and the Good-speed of his Disputation. 1849 C. White in Illustr. Parlour Misc. 322 Whin at the God's speed, jist as they war sittin' down to their supper, who'd cum up to the doore but a fine slashing fello' ov a begger? 1863 W. H. Russell Running Blockade 137 But just upon the Godspeed of it, and when it seemed that they could not for many days longer delay returning in ballast to Cardiff, a parcel arrived. 1934 F. Palmer Bliss, Peacemaker xvii. 166 Drinking stirrup cups and waving flags in the godspeed of an au revoir which we knew, in many instances, meant farewell. 1945 F. Thompson Lark Rise to Candleford xix. 292 I udn't mind seeing her come in when I was in the godspeed of washday, and that's saying something. < as lemmas |
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