单词 | on or upon the stroke |
释义 | > as lemmason or upon the stroke (of a specified hour) 7. The striking of a clock; the sound produced by each striking of the clapper or hammer upon a bell, or on the striking part of a clock. on or upon the stroke (of a specified hour): on the point of striking. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > striking or stroke stroke1436 beat1706 strike1871 grande sonnerie1932 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [noun] > striking of clock or clapper stroke1436 strike1871 the world > time > instruments for measuring time > signal marking the time > [adverb] > upon the stroke (of a specific hour) on or upon the stroke (of a specified hour)1604 1436 Sc. Acts Jas. I (1814) II. 24/1 Þat na man in burghe be fundyn in tauernys..efter the straik of ix houris. a1558 in Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Var. Coll. (1907) IV. 129 Before the howre of ix of the cloke, at which time ther shalbe a bell to be towlde by the officers ther by xxti strokes. 1604 J. Marston Malcontent ii. iii. sig. C4v Piet. What houre ist? Celso. Vpon the stroake of twelue. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 700 The King hath a Bell, the strokes whereof sound such terror into the heart of the fearefull theefe, that [etc.]. 1621 J. Fletcher et al. Trag. of Thierry & Theodoret iii. i. sig. F3 His houres vpon the stroake. 1816 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 270/1 At Hatherleigh..a bell..announces, by distinct strokes, the number of the day of the month. 1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley ix. 137 I used to like its stroke when it brought the work-people flocking from their cottages. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xi. 180 It is on the stroke of twelve now. 1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne II. xvi. 312 He dressed himself hurriedly, for the dinner-bell was almost on the stroke as he entered the house. 1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xxiii. 211 Straining my ears to catch the very first stroke of the hour. 1897 R. N. Bain tr. M. Jókai Pretty Michal (ed. 2) xxxii. 251 At the stroke of two she was already in the shop below. 1908 J. R. Harris Side-lights N.T. Research ii. 55 The person who first succeeds in drawing the water after the stroke of midnight will find it turn to gold and silver. < as lemmas |
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