单词 | on the road |
释义 | > as lemmason (also upon) the road P4. on (also upon) the road: travelling, journeying; upon or during a journey or tour; spec. (a) (of a salesperson, company representative, or the like) travelling, itinerant; (b) (of a tramp, etc.) on the move, travelling from place to place; (also) as a tramp or hobo; (c) (of a theatrical group, a band, an entertainer, a production, etc.) on tour; (d) (of a vehicle) in use on the roads, able or permitted to be driven; (of a person) driving a vehicle, able or permitted to drive a vehicle; (e) North American (chiefly Sport) (of a match or event) away from home; = away adv. 9 (cf. sense Compounds 7). ΘΚΠ society > travel > [phrase] on (also upon) the road1642 on (also upon) the move1732 for (or on) the (high) jump1859 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > travelling from place to place [phrase] > wandering > as a tramp on (also upon) the road1642 on the pad1665 on (the) tramp1760 on the wallaby track1865 on (also in) a (or the) shaughraun1922 on the swag1941 society > travel > [phrase] > on tour on (also upon) the road1860 swing around the circle1905 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [adverb] > travelling as a salesman on (also upon) the road1908 society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [adverb] > home or away home-and-home1751 at home1833 home and away1885 away1890 on (also upon) the road1968 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. C3 In this same land as I was on the rode, A nimble traveller me overtook. 1657 P. Heylyn Ecclesia Vindicata 115 We finde Israel offering sacrifices at Beersheba (being in his way upon the rode). 1759 S. Johnson Idler 27 Oct. 337 Her aunt and her mother amuse themselves on the road, with telling her of dangers to be dreaded. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. vi. ii. 239 They slept one night upon the road, and arrived the next day at Delvile Castle. 1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin xliv And if I well forebode, My Hat and Wig will soon be here, They are upon the Road. 1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 28 Jan. 321/1 I am both a town traveller and a country traveller, and am always on the road. 1870 O. Logan Before Footlights xxviii. 367 The organ of the circus people..gives many curious details of circus-life Behind the Scenes, and ‘on the road’. 1884 G. Moore Mummer's Wife (1887) 230 The other two operas, having been on the road for the last three years. 1897 Forum Feb. 735 It is the man who wilfully and knowingly makes a business of crime..that I have found in largest numbers ‘on the road’. 1903 Horseless Age 14 Oct. 405/2 After a delay of over an hour the operator was able to get his car back on the road, and arrived in Binghamton at 8:12. 1907 J. London Road 194 As a sample of life on The Road, I make the following quotation from my diary. 1908 A. Bennett Old Wives' Tale i. iv. 70 He was a traveller for the most renowned..of all Manchester wholesale firms... He had been on the road for Birkinshaws for several years. 1920 P. G. Wodehouse Little Warrior xiv. 260 You've got to stick around with this show after it opens on the road. 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier ix. 182 I would find out about tramps..and then, when I..knew the ropes well enough, I would go on the road myself. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues i. 11 When he went on the road with that band it was the beginning of the end of our life as a family. 1967 J. B. Priestley It's Old Country xv. 162 He was drinking hard, always a dam' silly thing to do on the road, except with a few old customers. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 15 Jan. 17/6 A team with the experienced potential of the defending cup champions is letting its fans down badly when it wins only four of 19 games on the road. 1971 Country Life 9 Dec. 1674/1 Look at any Beetle on the road and often only the registration gives its age away. 1977 Daily Express 29 Mar. 20/2 We start touring America in May, move on to Europe and England by September, and we are taking the 70 musicians on the road. 2002 Philadelphia Weekly 17 Apr. 35/1 The movie tells the story of every indie band on the road today: the downtime, the fighting, [etc.]. 2005 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 3 June 27 Drivers aged 18–21..frantically ‘SMSing’ when on the road. 2008 Wall St. Jrnl. 6 Aug. a14/2 Mr. Obama promises to put at least one million plug-in electric vehicles on the road by 2015. < as lemmas |
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