| 单词 | at the full stretch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat the full stretch b. †at the full stretch (obsolete), upon full stretch, on the stretch: with strain of the physical powers; chiefly, making full speed. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] > at full speed full speed1382 with topsailc1400 at spursa1500 on (also upon) the (spurs or) spur1525 amain1555 a main pace (also speed)1567 full tilt?a1600 upon full stretch1697 at full tilt1713 at (also on) full speed1749 (at) full split1836 full chisel1837 (at) full pelt1841 full swing1843 ventre à terre1848 full out1886 at full lick1889 hell-for-leather1889 all out1895 eyes out1895 flat out1932 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > with strain of physical powers upon full stretch1697 at (full, utmost) strain1851 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 335 They row At the full stretch, and shake the Brazen Prow. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 56. ¶3 He saw the Apparition of a milke-white Steed, with a young Man on the Back of it, advancing upon full Stretch after the Souls of about an hundred Beagles. 1768 J. Byron Narr. Patagonia 221 While their horse is upon full stretch. 1797 S. James Narr. Voy. 175 To return to our own ship. We were now on the stretch for Europe. 1839 Laws of Coursing in Youatt's Dog (1845) App. 262 She [a hare] turns of her own accord to gain ground homeward, when both dogs are on the stretch after her. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xvi. 184 About fifty seconds after two I was in the saddle and on the full stretch for Stirling. < as lemmas |
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