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单词 to do duty
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to do duty
f. Of things: to do duty, to discharge a function; to serve or stand for something else.
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the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > supplanting or replacement > take the place of or replace [verb (intransitive)]
to stand for ——lOE
to give steadc1340
to stand in a person's stead?a1515
to do (obs.), fill, serve, supply the stead of1558
to fill the room of1562
to usurp the place of1574
suppullulate1601
to stead upa1616
to take the place ofa1616
succenturiate1630
act1651
succeed1692
to do duty1825
1825 H. Wilson Mem. II. 175 Such a thing on his head, doing duty for a hat!
1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue vi. 249 Observe that ought does duty for both these senses.
1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab ii. 28 A railway reading lamp did duty for footlights.
1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 198 With historians and other prose writers, stock epithets almost always do duty.
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to do (one's) duty
g. to do (one's) duty: euphemism for ‘to defecate, urinate’.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > [verb (intransitive)]
to do one's business1596
to pluck a rose1613
to pay a call1648
to go backward1748
go1804
to do (one's) duty1935
to wash one's hands1938
to spend a penny1945
perform1963
1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down iii. iv. 509 The lamb ran away and stood in the middle of the field doing duties at an adjacent haystack.
1938 I. Goldberg Wonder of Words vi. 108 The child..never defecates or urinates; he..does his ‘duty’.
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