单词 | to drive on |
释义 | > as lemmasto drive on to drive on 1. intransitive. Of time: to pass by; to elapse.Cf. main sense 32b. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [verb (intransitive)] overgoeOE agoeOE goOE forthgoOE runOE overdrivea1275 farea1325 overmetea1325 walka1325 passc1330 slidec1374 yern1377 to pass overa1382 wastec1385 waive1390 to pass awaya1400 overseyc1400 drive?c1450 to drive ona1470 slevea1510 to roll awaya1522 to roll overa1522 to wear out, forth1525 flit1574 to pass on1574 to run on1578 overhie1582 wear1597 overslip1607 spend1607 travel1609 to go bya1616 elapsea1644 to come round1650 efflux1660 to roll round1684 lapse1702 roll1731 to roll around1769 to roll by1790 transpire1824 to come around1829 tide1835 elabe1837 tick1937 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 22 Than the kynge lette purvey for a grete feste... And so the tyme drove on, and all thynges redy ipurveyed. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge vi. 155 Two times may as well drive on by each others side, and not be one, as two everlastingnesses. 1890 J. H. McCarthy French Revol. (1904) I. xliii. 614 The hours were driving on; evening was beginning to fall. 1902 W. Carnie Reporting Reminisc. I. 277 Several..were excellent vocalists and reciters, and thus genially the hours drove on. 2017 Daily Times (Pryor, Oklahoma) (Nexis) 13 Mar. Time drove on and in 2008 Schaffitzel found himself searching for a track nearby to introduce his son to the sport. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > carry on vigorously [verb (transitive)] > press forward or urge vigorously press1489 push1561 to drive on1642 1642 Humble Remonstrance in True & Orig. Copy First Petition That men mis-affected to the publique may not serve their own ends, or drive on their particular designs in this destructive accommodation. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wales 8 Trading was driven on either by the bartery or change of Wares..or else by money. 1711 J. Swift Conduct of Allies 29 We drove on the War at a prodigious Disadvantage. 1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets iv. 36 Jouk and his..Wife Drive on a drunken, gaming Life. 1854 S. H. Elliot Parish-side xxx. 205 Robert continues to drive on his business in the city, and is making heavier contracts every day. < as lemmas |
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