| 单词 | on the ways |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the ways (ii) Of a baby: in the womb; as yet unborn; (also) about to be born; in the process of being born. Also occasionally on the ways. ΚΠ 1887 A. Bower Asserted but not Proved vi. 50 He's gone to the next village; there's a baby on the way. 1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 306 I'm a married man, an' my fourth's on the ways [sic] now, she says. 1919 V. Woolf Night & Day ix. 121 He has two children, and another on the way. 1961 G. Greene Burnt-out Case vi. i. 183 I think I have a baby on the way... He doesn't want one. 2004 All About Soap 23 Oct. 18/3 Pretending the young mum-to-be's baby is on the way, the despicable duo con the neighbours into giving them money for a taxi to the hospital. 2014 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 29 Oct. 5 I had three babies and another one on the way. < as lemmas |
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