| 单词 | in the road |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the (also a person's) road b. in the (also a person's) road: in a person's way, esp. so as to cause obstruction or inconvenience (colloquial and regional in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering [phrase] in the (also a person's) road1755 in one's hair1851 1755 Connoisseur No. 69. 414 She boldly jumped into the saddle, and..rode away furiously..over hedge and ditch, and trampled on every body who came in her road. 1846 B. R. Hall Something for Every Body xxxviii. 142 We say to a gentleman that carelessly treads on our corns.., ‘Don't be angry, master, I didn't mean to be in your road.’ 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 177 ‘You're quite in one's road’ is a phrase often addressed to a person who, by over-officiousness, retards instead of assists. 1876 S. R. Whitehead Daft Davie 146 ‘I hope I'm no in your road,’ says I. 1958 J. Kesson White Bird Passes ix. 134 Clumsy, and ‘in the road’ of everybody in the busy kitchen. 1992 Glasgow Herald 16 Nov. (Sport Suppl.) 16/1 She kept getting in my road, bumping me and tripping me, so I just cleared off on my own. < as lemmas |
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