| 单词 | at a push |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat (also in, †for) a push a. The condition of being pushed or pressed; the pressure of affairs or circumstances; a case or time of stress or urgency; a critical juncture, an extremity, a pinch. Frequently (and now only) in phrases at (also in, †for) a push: at a critical moment, in an emergency, at a pinch. to come to the push: to reach the critical or decisive point. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [noun] > critical or decisive moment articlea1398 prick?c1422 crise?1541 push1563 in the nick1565 jump1598 concurrence1605 cardo1609 (the) nick of time (also occasionally opportunity, etc.)1610 edgea1616 climacterical1628 climacteric1633 in the nick-time1650 moment1666 turning-point1836 watershed1854 psychological moment1871 psychical moment1888 moment of truth1932 crunch1939 cruncher1947 high noon1955 break point1959 defining moment1967 midnight1976 the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > sudden, extreme, or emergency needOE needinga1400 exigentc1475 plunge1519 opportunity1526 push1563 dead lift1567 heft1587 exigence1588 exigency1601 emergent1620 lift1624 emergencya1631 emergencea1676 emergementa1734 amplush1827 crisis1848 situation1954 1563 A. Neville tr. Seneca Lamentable Trag. Œdipus i. sig. A.ivv When that cares do crush Thy princelie brest, then ought ye most to beare and bide the push. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry f. 33v Which husbandly spared, maye serue at a push. 1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie v. i. sig. G3v Our knaueries are now come to the push, and wee must cunningly dispatch all. 1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 202 To what a miserable push have they driven the World. 1644 in 11th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1887) App. vii. 102 The extreame push of affaires that the associated Countyes are now put to. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 467 If thou..wilt prolong All to the push of Fate. View more context for this quotation 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 22 Chillingworth..was a subtile and quick Disputant, and would several times put the Kings Professor to a push. 1701 J. Froud Grove 11 With borrow'd Coin the Banker ventures all, And at a push must either rise, or fall. 1736 T. Gray Let. 27 Oct. in Horace Walpole's Corr. (1948) XIII. 115 When it came to the push, I found I had forgot all I intended to say. 1819 J. Keats Let. 14 Feb.–3 May in Lett. (1947) 305 He who talks of roasting a Man alive would not do it when it came to the push. 1842 J. Aiton Clerical Econ. iii. 111 When a push comes, he procures additional hands to get the hay up, or the oats in, or the potatoes planted. 1883 O. Schreiner Story Afr. Farm (new ed.) i. iv. 78 It's not the latest fashion..but it might do; it might serve at a push. 1933 H. Walpole Vanessa i. iv. 105 He would, at a push, do more for her than for anyone. 1989 B. Head Tales Tenderness & Power (1990) 17 If it comes to the push they'll defend you even if the law considers you in the wrong. 1997 Trail May 107/2 It's roomy for one person, but can take two at a push. 2003 Stairs & Pups in free.uk.pets.dogs (Usenet newsgroup) 10 Jan. I had a new light fixture fitted... But a strong torch light will do in a push. < as lemmas |
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