英语词汇“to be hell on”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

h. Originally and chiefly North American. to be hell on.

(a) = to be death on (also upon) at death n. Phrases 14. Now rare.

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1850 Congr. Globe App. 91 ‘It will make her look so dignified.’ ‘I'll certainly buy it, then,..for mammy has always been hell on dignity.’

1904 R. W. Chambers In Search of Unknown in Yellow Sign & Other Stories (2004) 392 Kinder lost his spirit... He was hell on rats—once!

1922 W. D. Foulke Hoosier Autobiogr. 124 He was..like the doctor who burned every wound or sore given him to heal, because he was ‘hell on burns’.

1990 J. Stacy in B. Crow Jazz Anecd. 260 He was hell on intonation, too. Between each set he had me pounding A's on the piano so the saxes and trumpets could be perfectly in tune.

(b) To be extremely bad or unpleasant for; to be tough on.

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1881 Hist. Sangamon County, Illinois 456/2 It was once shortly and pungently said that ‘Illinois was hell on oxen and women.’

1903 L. Hubbard Diary 29 Aug. in M. Hubbard Woman's Way through Unknown Labrador (1908) 262 Outlet hunting is hell on nerves, temper and equanimity.

1930 in C. G. Dawes Jrnl. as Ambassador to Great Brit. (1939) 247 Diplomacy is not hard on the brain, but it is hell on the feet.

2003 Wired July 110/1 Nearly everyone agrees that burning oil is hell on the environment.

单词	to be hell on
释义	> as lemmas to be hell on h. Originally and chiefly North American. to be hell on. (a) = to be death on (also upon) at death n. Phrases 14. Now rare. ΚΠ 1850 Congr. Globe App. 91 ‘It will make her look so dignified.’ ‘I'll certainly buy it, then,..for mammy has always been hell on dignity.’ 1904 R. W. Chambers In Search of Unknown in Yellow Sign & Other Stories (2004) 392 Kinder lost his spirit... He was hell on rats—once! 1922 W. D. Foulke Hoosier Autobiogr. 124 He was..like the doctor who burned every wound or sore given him to heal, because he was ‘hell on burns’. 1990 J. Stacy in B. Crow Jazz Anecd. 260 He was hell on intonation, too. Between each set he had me pounding A's on the piano so the saxes and trumpets could be perfectly in tune. (b) To be extremely bad or unpleasant for; to be tough on. ΚΠ 1881 Hist. Sangamon County, Illinois 456/2 It was once shortly and pungently said that ‘Illinois was hell on oxen and women.’ 1903 L. Hubbard Diary 29 Aug. in M. Hubbard Woman's Way through Unknown Labrador (1908) 262 Outlet hunting is hell on nerves, temper and equanimity. 1930 in C. G. Dawes Jrnl. as Ambassador to Great Brit. (1939) 247 Diplomacy is not hard on the brain, but it is hell on the feet. 2003 Wired July 110/1 Nearly everyone agrees that burning oil is hell on the environment. extracted from helln.int. < as lemmas
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