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单词 next thing
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(the) next thing
P5. (the) first thing: (used adverbially) as that which is done (or to be done) first, or which occurs first; in the first place, firstly. Similarly (the) next thing: in the next place, next; (the) last thing: in the last place, lastly.the next thing one knows, etc.: see next adj. 4c.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > precede or follow in order [phrase] > lastly
(the) last thing1670
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Chron. (1812) II. cciv The fyrst thynge he dyd he wente to the Churche of saynt Peter.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. iii. 184 Rob me the exchequer the first thing thou doest. View more context for this quotation]
1670 Acct. Causes Distempers 64 Take of the Tincture 60, 80, or 100 Drops,..taking it the first thing in the Morning, and the last thing at Night.
1684 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 99 Ordered That a pole Proportionably Layd, be debated ye first thing tomorrow.
1733 S. Harrison House-keeper's Pocket-bk. 195 Do this especially the first thing in a Morning, fasting an Hour after it, and the last thing at Night.
1767 R. Warner tr. Plautus Captives v. v, in B. Thornton et al. tr. Plautus Comedies I. 339 Phil. O let your son be lighten'd of those chains... Heg. 'Tis my purpose; I'll do it the first thing.
1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram II. iv. ii. 219 A face that puts one in good-humour with the world, if one sees it first thing in the morning.
1848 A. Trollope Kellys & O'Kellys II. xii. 281 I must see her the last thing,—about nine.
1871 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. June 370 He often goes round the last thing..to make sure that all is right.
1875 A. M. Diaz Schoolmaster's Trunk viii. 57 Sometimes her woodpile would be all ‘logs and sog’, and next thing 'twould be all ‘light stuff’.
1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus 74 I'll buy a cloak for her the first thing to-morrow morning.
1889 Harper's Mag. Aug. 417/1 It's impossible to lie here another instant, and see that History of Windham, Connecticut. The next thing you'll be proposing to read it aloud to me.
1914 M. Gyte Diary 1 Nov. (1999) 34 Very misty and dull first thing but clears up a little later in the day.
1935 Discovery Apr. 95/2 It [sc. the pump] is run last thing at night.
1942 J. Thomas Blue Ridge Country ii. 92 William Trumbo..made a remark to a man by the name of Price. And the next thing they were in a wrangle.
1975 B. Donoughue Diary 13 Feb. in Downing St. Diary (2005) xi. 311 HW left for Moscow first thing this morning.
2001 K. Sampson Outlaws (2002) 285 He was only up there a minute and next thing the walls was shuddering like a twister had hit big.
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