| 单词 | to come up hand over hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come up hand over hand a. Chiefly Nautical. With rapid and continuous advances, esp. in to come up hand over hand. Cf. hand over fist adv. 1a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [phrase] > at full speed > with continuous advances hand over hand1788 hand over fist1803 1788 P. M. Freneau Misc. Wks. 86 He pursued me at a great rate; and for a while neared me every minute hand over hand; but my manœuvres were so uncommonly excellent..that I fairly lost sight of him. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. xiii. 198 The frigate was within a mile of the lugger, and coming up with him hand over hand. 1861 G. F. Berkeley Eng. Sportsman in Western Prairies xvi. 268 Sylph was..coming up hand-over-hand with her game, when..I saw that the bull I had stricken..was dropping behind. 1890 W. Besant Armorel of Lyonesse I. 38 The second boat..came up hand over hand, rapidly overtaking the first boat. 1904 H. H. Montgomery Light of Melanesia (ed. 2) 260 Other Missions in the South Seas..were advancing hand over hand upon him till they had actually reached his boundaries. 1981 P. O'Brian Ionian Mission x. 288 Turkish frigate, coming up hand over hand. < as lemmas |
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