英语词汇“labouring oar”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

labouring oar n. an oar that works or is worked, esp. with difficulty or great effort; (hence figurative) the most difficult or demanding part of an enterprise (now chiefly U.S.). Frequently in to pull (also tug, ply) the labouring oar (and variants).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > toil > do main share of toil

to pull (also tug, ply) the labouring oar1602

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > rowing apparatus > [noun] > oar > oar at specific position in boat

labouring oar1602

after oar1820

stroke-oar1836

bow-oar1851

1602 M. Drayton Idea in Englands Heroic. Epist. (new ed.) sig. M2^v Weeping in drops vpon thy labouring oares.

a1630 D. Hume Hist. Houses Douglas & Angus (1644) 439 Let every boistrous winde And threatning wave oppose his labouring oare.

1686 H. Higden Mod. Ess. 13th Satyr Juvenal 30 We predestin'd Reprobates, Are persecuted by the Fates. Like Slaves must drudge and carry double, Tugging the labouring Oar of Trouble.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 141. ⁋1 I shall still let the labouring Oar be managed by my Correspondents.

1779 D. Hume Dial. Nature Relig. x. 112 It is your turn now to tug the labouring oar.

1813 W. S. Walker Gustavus Vasa ii. 74 He furl'd the sail, and grasp'd the labouring oar, And sped to Dalecarlia's welcome shore.

1894 W. B. Carpenter Son of Man (ed. 2) iv. 106 They vainly ply the labouring oar.

1901 E. Arnold Voy. Ithobal ii. 39 With rowers seasoned to the labouring oar.

1924 K. Feiling Hist. Tory Party ii. ix. 250 In repeated meetings at Lambeth during the first half of January, in which Ken and Turner bore the labouring oar, they drafted the grounds of their resistance.

2002 Washington Times (Nexis) 21 Feb. a17 Some of our NATO allies are whining about the ‘unilateralist’ way we are pursuing the war against terror. But he who doesn't pull a laboring oar can't demand to be consulted.

单词	labouring oar
释义	> as lemmas labouring oar labouring oar n. an oar that works or is worked, esp. with difficulty or great effort; (hence figurative) the most difficult or demanding part of an enterprise (now chiefly U.S.). Frequently in to pull (also tug, ply) the labouring oar (and variants). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > toil > do main share of toil to pull (also tug, ply) the labouring oar1602 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > rowing apparatus > [noun] > oar > oar at specific position in boat labouring oar1602 after oar1820 stroke-oar1836 bow-oar1851 1602 M. Drayton Idea in Englands Heroic. Epist. (new ed.) sig. M2^v Weeping in drops vpon thy labouring oares. a1630 D. Hume Hist. Houses Douglas & Angus (1644) 439 Let every boistrous winde And threatning wave oppose his labouring oare. 1686 H. Higden Mod. Ess. 13th Satyr Juvenal 30 We predestin'd Reprobates, Are persecuted by the Fates. Like Slaves must drudge and carry double, Tugging the labouring Oar of Trouble. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 141. ⁋1 I shall still let the labouring Oar be managed by my Correspondents. 1779 D. Hume Dial. Nature Relig. x. 112 It is your turn now to tug the labouring oar. 1813 W. S. Walker Gustavus Vasa ii. 74 He furl'd the sail, and grasp'd the labouring oar, And sped to Dalecarlia's welcome shore. 1894 W. B. Carpenter Son of Man (ed. 2) iv. 106 They vainly ply the labouring oar. 1901 E. Arnold Voy. Ithobal ii. 39 With rowers seasoned to the labouring oar. 1924 K. Feiling Hist. Tory Party ii. ix. 250 In repeated meetings at Lambeth during the first half of January, in which Ken and Turner bore the labouring oar, they drafted the grounds of their resistance. 2002 Washington Times (Nexis) 21 Feb. a17 Some of our NATO allies are whining about the ‘unilateralist’ way we are pursuing the war against terror. But he who doesn't pull a laboring oar can't demand to be consulted. extracted from labouringlaboringadj. < as lemmas
随便看	to have compassion of to have concourse to have confidence to do to have course to have dear, hold dear to have deli to have deliberation to have delight to have designs on to have difficulty to have disdain to have disdain of to have do no cure of to have do no cure of a thing to have done it to have done it again to have down cold to have down pat to have drink taken to have drunk of sauce's cup to have eaten sauce to have egg on one's face to have eggs on the spit to have enough to have enough of

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