| 单词 | back-of-godspeed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasback-of-Godspeed P2. Originally Irish English. the back of Godspeed: a remote or isolated place; = the back of beyond at beyond adv., prep., and n. Phrases 7. Also attributive as back-of-Godspeed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [noun] > distant parts > a remote or inaccessible place out-place1530 inaccessibilities1651 inaccessible1792 the back of beyond1816 hardscrabble1821 the back of Godspeed1827 out-of-the-way1971 1827 Lady Morgan O'Briens & O'Flahertys II. 38 It's like the house that Jack built at the back of God's speed. 1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne I. v. 124 If I don't leave you at the back of God-speed before long, I'll give you the mare and the horse too. 1911 G. B. Shaw Getting Married in Doctor's Dilemma 278 And what do you see there, at the back of Godspeed? 1974 Irish Times 21 Jan. 11 Young couples who have been forced out to suburbs, which they regard as the back of Godspeed. 1988 Guardian (Nexis) 31 Dec. Pola is a back-of-Godspeed place—a naval Siberia. < as lemmas |
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