| 单词 | like all possessed |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslike all possessed b. U.S. like all possessed: with great force, vehemence, energy, or spirit. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > with great vigour or energy with (also in) mood and maineOE vigour13.. with or by (all one's) might and mainc1330 with (one's) forcec1380 like anything1665 hammer and tongs1708 like stour1787 (in) double tides1788 like blazes1818 like winking1827 with a will1827 like winky1830 like all possessed1833 in a big way1840 like (or worse than) sin1840 full swing1843 like a Trojan1846 like one o'clock1847 like sixty1848 like forty1852 like wildfire1857 like old boots1865 like blue murder1867 like steam1905 like stink1929 like one thing1938 like a demon1945 up a storm1953 1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing lxiii. 209 [He] struck his fists together like all possessed. 1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Jan. 45 He'd carry on like all possessed—dance and sing, and tell stories. 1881 Harper's Mag. Apr. 644 That old minister..is a-fiddling away like all possessed at the dance. 1916 E. H. Porter Just David xxii. 280 He danced and laughed and clapped his hands,..an' carried on like all possessed. 1927 M. de la Roche Master of Jalna (1928) i. 10 I do wish he'd mend my roof, which leaks into the best room like all possessed every time it rains. 1952 Mt. Pleasant (Iowa) News 13 Dec. 2/1 We tore down that runway like all possessed. < as lemmas |
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