| 单词 | at the sharp end |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat the sharp end sharp end n. Nautical slang the bows of a ship; also transferred, the front line, the centre of activity; esp. in at the sharp end. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > [noun] > from which operations are carried on headquarters1647 base1809 basis1833 home base1865 sharp end1948 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] foreshipc1000 stam1336 bilynge?a1400 forestam?a1400 boat-head1485 head1485 prore1489 forecastle1490 steven1512 forepart1526 nose1538 prow1555 stem1555 forebow1569 beak-head1579 galion1604 bow1626 fore-beaka1656 forebudding1811 prora1847 snout1853 forward1892 sharp end1948 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 166 Sharp end, the, the bows of the ship... (Navy.) (2) Hence, at the sharp end..at the front, well forward. 1973 D. Francis Slay-ride i. 9 Arne pointed the sharp end back... The dinghy slapped busily through the little waves. 1976 New Scientist 28 Oct. 230/2 Within a few months I was appointed financial controller... But I still wasn't at the sharp end. 1980 A. Price Hour of Donkey ii. 36 The distant sound of bombing indicated that he was very close to the sharp end of the war. < as lemmas |
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