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单词 to go steady
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to go steady
a. In a steady manner, steadily. Chiefly Nautical: see A. 5. Also to go steady colloquial (originally U.S.), to keep regular company (with someone) as a boyfriend or girlfriend.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > [adverb] > regularly or steadily
steadily1540
steadya1600
measuredly1826
the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > court or engage in courtship [verb (intransitive)] > walk out with person as lover > keep regular company as boy or girlfriend
to go steady1905
a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xlviii. 151 Steir studdie, mate.
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 27 Steare study before the wind.
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. vii. 52 Learning doth accomplish a Prince, and maketh him sway his sceptre the steadier.
1653 T. Brugis Vade Mecum (ed. 2) 157 With..your little finger leaning upon the arme, to rest your whole hand the more steddier, gently thrust in your Lancet.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 197 Ay, but I have a notion that I could make you go steady about, and try the old course again.
1822 Cobbett's Weekly Reg. 9 Mar. 634 The Yankee Captain..stood upon the deck, calling out..‘Steady she goes, my boys!’
1905 E. Wharton House of Mirth ii. xiii. 509 I thought we were to be married: he'd gone steady with me six months and given me his mother's wedding ring.
1923 Saucy Stories 1 Mar. 78/1 Puzzled, she asked him, Well, wasn't we... Didn't you go with me steady?
1946 Coast to Coast 1945 136 Are you going steady with anyone, Billy?
1962 M. Urquhart Frail on North Circular xii. 70 Noticing a huge, cheap ring on Joan's finger. ‘Where'd you get that?’ ‘It's a going steady ring.’
1978 F. Weldon Praxis xx. 163 I'm going steady with one of the young doctors.
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