| 单词 | on duty |
| 释义 | > as lemmason duty e. on duty: engaged in the performance of one's appointed office, service, or task. off duty: the opposite of this; not officially engaged. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > [adjective] > working workingOE on duty1667 on-duty1942 society > leisure > [adjective] > at or having leisure > having time off watch-free1581 off1826 sabbatical1836 off duty1852 spare1919 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 333 Men wont to watch On duty . View more context for this quotation 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 134 Killing Two of the Watch on Duty. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 298 I was upon Duty in the Fort Galture. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 4 On duty with his regiment in Germany. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. ii. 25 When off duty..Captain Dick often came to console his friends. < as lemmas |
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