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

> as lemmas

to be on the ball

o. colloquial (originally U.S.). to be on the ball: to be accurate or apt; to be alert.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > listen attentively [phrase] > be alert

to have one's wits about one1622

to be all there1864

he (or she) never misses (does not miss, etc.) a trick1922

to have (also keep) one's eye on the ball1937

to be on the ball1939

1939 W. C. Williams Let. 7 June in W. C. Williams & J. Laughlin Sel. Lett. (1989) 48 The novella by Quevedo..[is] right on the ball.

1961 Listener 28 Dec. 1136/2 The B.B.C. are ‘on the ball’ as the Americans would say.

2005 S. Booth One Last Breath iv. 41 She was sharp, on the ball, a cut above the rest of them in CID.

extracted from balln.¹

as lemmas

单词	to be on the ball
释义	> as lemmas to be on the ball o. colloquial (originally U.S.). to be on the ball: to be accurate or apt; to be alert. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > listen attentively [phrase] > be alert to have one's wits about one1622 to be all there1864 he (or she) never misses (does not miss, etc.) a trick1922 to have (also keep) one's eye on the ball1937 to be on the ball1939 1939 W. C. Williams Let. 7 June in W. C. Williams & J. Laughlin Sel. Lett. (1989) 48 The novella by Quevedo..[is] right on the ball. 1961 Listener 28 Dec. 1136/2 The B.B.C. are ‘on the ball’ as the Americans would say. 2005 S. Booth One Last Breath iv. 41 She was sharp, on the ball, a cut above the rest of them in CID. extracted from balln.¹ < as lemmas
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