| 单词 | at a dead set |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat a dead set e. An absolute stop; a complete check; phr. at a dead set. Also University slang = dead n. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > a check or rebuff > complete check or impasse > fact or condition of being stuck or at impasse sticking1564 set1613 dead set1806 nonplussation1833 stickfast1835 deadlocking1882 jib1893 constipation1917 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London III. viii. 211 Hollo—what's this!—the duchess of Drinkwater at a dead sett! 1848 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Set To be at a dead set, is to be in a fixed state or condition which precludes further progress. 1851 B. H. Hall Coll. College Words 92 See the front of Logic lower; Screws, dead-sets, and fines. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 72 The man is at a dead set who has got through a knot hole or gateway where his sledge load of furniture cannot follow him. < as lemmas |
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