单词 | month after month |
释义 | > as lemmasmonth after month b. month after month: every month in an indefinite sequence; for a number of consecutive months; (hyperbolically) continuously, without respite. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > [adverb] monthly1463 month after montha1591 per mensem1600 month by month1611 a1591 H. Smith Serm. (1866) I. 169 Month after month he is all one. 1662 Duchess of Newcastle Matrimonial Trouble ii. i. viii, in Playes Written 463 My greater wonder is, that when you do fast, eating now and then a bit, week after week, nay moneth after moneth, yet you are not so lean. 1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad 425 O'er India's seas the young Almeyda pours..Month after month before his prows are driven. 1818 P. B. Shelley Marenghi xiii. 3 He hid himself, and hunger, toil, and cold, Month after month endured. 1908 J. Gunn We of Never-never xii. 146 He travels day after day and month after month, practically alone. 1998 Independent 1 Apr. (City Plus section) 4/3 If there's something about your neighbour that is irritating you have no choice but to put up with them day after day, month after month. < as lemmas |
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