英语词汇“as a gun”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. as a gun, used as an intensive or superlative expression = perfectly, absolutely, esp. in (as) sure as a gun: beyond all question, to a dead certainty.

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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > of course, certainly [phrase] > beyond question

(as) sure as ——a1413

if your cap be of wool1546

as sure as a club1584

(as) sure as a guna1640

(as) sure as God made little apples1796

you can gamble on that1862

no matter how (or whichever way, etc.) you slice it1936

that's for sure1971

a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Prophetesse i. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dddd^v/2 Ye are right, Master, right as a gun.

1655 J. Mennes & J. Smith Musarum Deliciæ 79 But when he thought her as sure as a gun She set up her taile and away she run.

1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar iii. i. 32 As sure as a Gun now, Father Dominic has been spawning this young, slender Anti-christ.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew As sure as a Gun, or Cock-sure.

1734 H. Fielding Intrig. Chambermaid i. i. 3 'Tis as pure, and as sure, and secure as a Gun, The young Lover's Business is happily done.

1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 24 Gad's my life, sure as a gun that's her voice.

a1864 N. Hawthorne Septimius Felton (1872) 237 You will kill yourself, sure as a gun!

1881 Cent. Mag. 23 45/2 Hello! where is that boy? Gone, as sure as guns.

单词	as a gun
释义	> as lemmas as a gun a. as a gun, used as an intensive or superlative expression = perfectly, absolutely, esp. in (as) sure as a gun: beyond all question, to a dead certainty. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > of course, certainly [phrase] > beyond question (as) sure as ——a1413 if your cap be of wool1546 as sure as a club1584 (as) sure as a guna1640 (as) sure as God made little apples1796 you can gamble on that1862 no matter how (or whichever way, etc.) you slice it1936 that's for sure1971 a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Prophetesse i. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dddd^v/2 Ye are right, Master, right as a gun. 1655 J. Mennes & J. Smith Musarum Deliciæ 79 But when he thought her as sure as a gun She set up her taile and away she run. 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar iii. i. 32 As sure as a Gun now, Father Dominic has been spawning this young, slender Anti-christ. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew As sure as a Gun, or Cock-sure. 1734 H. Fielding Intrig. Chambermaid i. i. 3 'Tis as pure, and as sure, and secure as a Gun, The young Lover's Business is happily done. 1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 24 Gad's my life, sure as a gun that's her voice. a1864 N. Hawthorne Septimius Felton (1872) 237 You will kill yourself, sure as a gun! 1881 Cent. Mag. 23 45/2 Hello! where is that boy? Gone, as sure as guns. extracted from gunn. < as lemmas
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