单词 | over-and-over |
释义 | over-and-overadj. Characterized by repetition; repetitious. rare. ΚΠ 1888 Bot. Gaz. 13 192 We do not refer to the casual comparison of a few sections, but to that patient, laborious, ‘over-and-over’ study of every tissue which alone will bring permanent results. 1941 W. C. Handy Father of Blues vi. 76 They struck up one of those over-and-over strains that seem to have no very clear beginning and certainly no ending at all. Compounds over-and-over boat n. (on a fairground ride) one of a set of boats suspended from a vertically revolving frame. ΚΠ 1908 G. Sanger 70 Years a Showman xvi. 57 My father was able to add ‘riding’ or ‘over and over’ boats, as they were called, to his peep-show and roundabouts. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1888 |
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