| 单词 | to bang away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bang away a. intransitive. to bang away: to continue in or at an action persistently, intently, or repetitively; to persevere doggedly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > continue doing or keep going in a course of action [verb (intransitive)] > with endurance or persistence to stand up1656 peg1805 to bang away1820 plug1867 plough1891 pitch1929 1820 G. Colman X Y Z i. ii. 20 Our company is nearly made up; but still I am in great want of a woman... Somebody that can walk well through the heavy cast of Comedy, troll decently as a Tragedy Queen, and bawl and bang away in a fat fubsey woman in a Farce. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxxvi. 468 Here was proof that Clarence was still alive and banging away [as a reporter]. 1909 M. R. Rinehart When Man Marries ii. 20 We all met down-stairs in the living-room, quite informally, and Dallas was banging away at the pianola. 1967 Listener 30 Nov. 731/2 Everybody banging away at that final aspirational aria. 1991 G. Josipovici Big Glass (BNC) 47 Genius is..poor old Sartre banging away at his trilogy. 1998 Dirt Jan. 22/2 After three years of banging away, I managed to arrange an interview with Tomac in 1994. < as lemmas |
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