英语词汇“in the heel of the hunt”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. Chiefly Irish English. in (also at) the heel(s) of the hunt: at the last minute; (later also) in the end, ultimately.

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1823 Rambler's Mag. 1 Feb. 63 She was brought in at the ‘heel of the hunt’, at the Haymarket.., and gained applause because there was no one to judge, who knew or cared a pin how the few nights that concluded the performances went off.

1890 A. Gowing Unruly Spirit II. 23 Stories were flying about the room of..blood-curdling horrors inflicted on Mrs. This-and-That by the brutality of doctors called in at ‘the heel of the hunt’.

1948 L. A. G. Strong Trevannion xvii. 323 You love a girl faithfully for years, and some glib sod comes along at the heel of the hunt and snitches her from you.

1968 Irish Times 13 Nov. 12/5 So in the heel of the hunt it was the outsider..and not the student who got elected to the Rectorship of Edinburgh.

1998 Belfast News-lett. (Nexis) 16 Feb. (Features section) 6 They must see that, at the heels of the hunt, violence has proved counter-productive.

2014 Irish Times (Nexis) 29 July 2 In the heel of the hunt, it was bogus invoices for mobile phones that got him.

单词	in the heel of the hunt
释义	> as lemmas in (also at) the heel(s) of the hunt d. Chiefly Irish English. in (also at) the heel(s) of the hunt: at the last minute; (later also) in the end, ultimately. ΚΠ 1823 Rambler's Mag. 1 Feb. 63 She was brought in at the ‘heel of the hunt’, at the Haymarket.., and gained applause because there was no one to judge, who knew or cared a pin how the few nights that concluded the performances went off. 1890 A. Gowing Unruly Spirit II. 23 Stories were flying about the room of..blood-curdling horrors inflicted on Mrs. This-and-That by the brutality of doctors called in at ‘the heel of the hunt’. 1948 L. A. G. Strong Trevannion xvii. 323 You love a girl faithfully for years, and some glib sod comes along at the heel of the hunt and snitches her from you. 1968 Irish Times 13 Nov. 12/5 So in the heel of the hunt it was the outsider..and not the student who got elected to the Rectorship of Edinburgh. 1998 Belfast News-lett. (Nexis) 16 Feb. (Features section) 6 They must see that, at the heels of the hunt, violence has proved counter-productive. 2014 Irish Times (Nexis) 29 July 2 In the heel of the hunt, it was bogus invoices for mobile phones that got him. extracted from heeln.¹int. < as lemmas
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