| 单词 | like forty |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslike forty b. Used indefinitely to express a large number. like forty (U.S. colloquial): with immense force or vigour, ‘like anything’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adjective] > used for large number sevenOE fortya1616 any1758 steen1886 steenth1895 zillion1901 umpty1916 umptieth1917 umpteen1918 umpteenth1918 bazillion1939 scrillion1945 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 a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. i. 242 On faire ground, I could beat fortie of them. View more context for this quotation 1620 G. Herbert Let. 19 Jan. in Wks. (1978) 371 I have forty businesses in my hands, your Courtesie will pardon the haste of Your humblest Servant. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cccv He that's Well, already, and upon a Levity of Mind, Quits his Station, in hopes to be Better, 'tis Forty to One, he loses by the Change. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. viii. 117 I has principles and I sticks to 'em like forty. < as lemmas |
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