| 单词 | post-pace |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspost-pace c. With the sense ‘characterized by the haste or speed of a courier’, as †post business, †post expedition, †post-pace, †post speed.See also post-haste n., adj., and adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun] > a rapid rate post-pace1546 post speed1546 full gallop1569 gallop1651 tantivya1658 spank1801 lick1847 cracker1871 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > urgent hiec1175 rape?a1300 hastec1300 ragec1400 post-haste1545 post expedition1546 burn1835 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > hasty business post business1546 subitane1645 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > like that of travelling post-haste1545 post expedition1546 post-pace1546 post speed1546 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. i. sig. Fii In poste pace we past from potage to cheese. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2126/1 His accuser..came..in such post speede, that in a maner he was wyndlesse entryng into the Bishops chamber. 1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 57 With all post expedition, You will prepare a voyage vnto Rome. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. x. 25 Many overhasty widows..make post speed to a second marriage. 1720 C. Beckingham Henry IV iv. v. 46 Both fled post speed from Paris. 1850 N. P. Willis People I Have Met 229 The count was dashing on at a rapid post-pace through a deep wood in the mountains which head in the Adriatic. 1893 19th Cent. Mar. 466 The deities of ennui, who rush through every country at post speed in their lacquered carriages. < as lemmas |
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