单词 | to and again |
释义 | > as lemmasto and again 9. to and again. extracted from toprep.conj.adv. a. To a place and back again; alternately in opposite directions; backwards and forwards: = to and fro adv. 1. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > to and fro [phrase] hither and thitherc725 downa1200 to and fro1340 to and again1612 back and forward1613 sourse deorse1616 backward and forwarda1711 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [phrase] > back and forth to and fro1340 to and again1612 back and forward1613 backward and forwarda1711 1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good ii. i. 163 I spie two Shippes yonder, that yaw too and agen. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 5 The Coxswaine is to haue a choyce to attend the Skiffe to go to and againe as occasion commandeth. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 6 A ship..hath sailed to and againe ouer the maine Ocean. a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 86 The wind shifted too and againe very vncertainely. a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 7 Wee plyed to and againe the Spanish shore. 1665 S. Pepys Diary 15 July (1972) VI. 158 Stayed an hour, after crossing the water to and again. 1697 in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church They all sat down not at a table but to and again about the room as we are now sitting. 1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant ii. 3 A white Plume of Peacocks Feathers..which they wafted to and agen to drive off the Flies. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 271 Amaz'd, when he saw me work the Boat too and again in the Sea by the Rudder. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 40 He walk'd along the Shore, to and again, with his Father. 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 252 Walking..to and again. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) To and again, backwards and forwards. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire To an' agen, to and fro. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) To, Forward, in the phr. ‘to and again’. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [adverb] pro et con1566 con and pro1572 pro and con1572 pro or con1595 to and again1656 1656 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. 3 All parties have been heard, too and again, in this last case. 1666 J. Livingstone in Sel. Biog. (1845) I. 181 Much debate too and again had been used. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [adverb] > repeatedly day and nightOE morning, noon, and nightc1325 new and newa1425 time after time?a1425 over and overa1470 toties quoties1525 again and again1533 reiteratively1619 over and over again1637 repeatedlya1647 times without number1658 to and again1659 —— in, —— out1815 time and time again1821 day in (and) day out1824 recurringly1828 repetitiously1828 recurrently1841 repetitively1872 ever and again1880 recursively1901 twenty-four hours a day1914 serially1978 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 379 Your Committee too and again offered it as an expedient. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 13 Aug. (1972) VII. 244 Sent him to and again to get me 1000l. < as lemmas |
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