英语词汇“to make good time”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. transitive. Originally U.S. to make good time and variants: to accomplish a distance in a short (etc.) time; to keep to or ahead of a schedule on a journey, etc. Also to make time.

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society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey > accomplish a distance in a short time

to make good time1834

to be well on one's (also the) way1839

1834 Amer. Turf Reg. Nov. (verso front cover) The horses made quick time and fine sport.

1867 Galaxy Nov. 832 Half an hour later I climbed the cliff, and could see, by the light of the declining sun, a brilliant red speck making excellent time across the ice of Round Pond, three miles distant.

1887 I. Randall Lady's Ranche Life Montana 140 We drove to Three Forks..in an hour and twenty minutes. Jem calls it fourteen miles, so I think we made good time.

1915 W. Cather Song of Lark i. xvi. 118 ‘I'm afraid this will hold us up about two hours...’ ‘That won't trouble me,’ said Mrs. Kronborg contentedly... ‘I came to see the country, not to make time.’

1935 Encycl. Sports, Games & Pastimes 178/2 The art of making good time on a run is acquired by long study of the ten banked turns.

1950 E. Hemingway Across River & into Trees iii. 15 They were on a straight stretch of road now and were making time so that one farm blended, almost blurred, into another farm and you could only see what was far ahead and moving towards you.

?1962 in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories (1968) 2nd Ser. 221 ‘You wouldn't get home till nine.’.. ‘I could make better time than that.’

1979 Harrowsmith (Camden East, Ont.) Feb. 73/3 The third most prevalent type of snowshoe in North America is the Pickerel... It is unexcelled for making time in open country or over clear trails.

1987 Trucking Internat. June 5/2 He makes good time and is soon trundling towards the river.

单词	to make good time
释义	> as lemmas to make good time a. transitive. Originally U.S. to make good time and variants: to accomplish a distance in a short (etc.) time; to keep to or ahead of a schedule on a journey, etc. Also to make time. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey > accomplish a distance in a short time to make good time1834 to be well on one's (also the) way1839 1834 Amer. Turf Reg. Nov. (verso front cover) The horses made quick time and fine sport. 1867 Galaxy Nov. 832 Half an hour later I climbed the cliff, and could see, by the light of the declining sun, a brilliant red speck making excellent time across the ice of Round Pond, three miles distant. 1887 I. Randall Lady's Ranche Life Montana 140 We drove to Three Forks..in an hour and twenty minutes. Jem calls it fourteen miles, so I think we made good time. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark i. xvi. 118 ‘I'm afraid this will hold us up about two hours...’ ‘That won't trouble me,’ said Mrs. Kronborg contentedly... ‘I came to see the country, not to make time.’ 1935 Encycl. Sports, Games & Pastimes 178/2 The art of making good time on a run is acquired by long study of the ten banked turns. 1950 E. Hemingway Across River & into Trees iii. 15 They were on a straight stretch of road now and were making time so that one farm blended, almost blurred, into another farm and you could only see what was far ahead and moving towards you. ?1962 in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories (1968) 2nd Ser. 221 ‘You wouldn't get home till nine.’.. ‘I could make better time than that.’ 1979 Harrowsmith (Camden East, Ont.) Feb. 73/3 The third most prevalent type of snowshoe in North America is the Pickerel... It is unexcelled for making time in open country or over clear trails. 1987 Trucking Internat. June 5/2 He makes good time and is soon trundling towards the river. extracted from makev.¹ < as lemmas
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