单词 | to sail in |
释义 | > as lemmasto sail in c. to sail in (slang): to proceed boldly to action. Also, to launch into or attack; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make attack [verb (intransitive)] onreseeOE onslayc1275 entera1425 to be upon (also on) a person's jack1588 endeavour?1589 to fall aboard1591 to let fly1611 strikea1616 to lift (up) the hand(s, (occasionally one's arm)1655 to fall on board (of)1658 tilt1708 to walk into ——1794 to run in1815 to peg it1834 to sail in1856 to wade in1863 to light in1868 to roll into ——1888 to make for ——1893 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > apply oneself vigorously to sail in1856 beast1990 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > make a beginning in some enterprise > boldly or freely launch1608 to sail in1856 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > carry on vigorously [verb (transitive)] > apply oneself to vigorously to stand to ——?a1400 to shove at1542 to fall upon ——1617 to work awaya1635 to fall aboard1642 to fall on ——1650 to go at ——1675 to pitch into ——1823 to lay into1880 to be (also go) at the ——1898 to sail in1936 1856 ‘Q. K. P. Doesticks’ Plu-ri-bus-tah iv. 69 ‘Sailing in’, without regard to Any of the laws of ‘Fancy’. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xxvi. 283 Old General Pillow..sailed in, too, leading his troops as lively as a boy. 1889 Harper's Mag. Mar. 561/1 A man must dismiss all thoughts of..common-sense when it comes to masquerade dresses, and just sail in and make an unmitigated fool of himself. 1891 Morning Advertiser 30 Mar. (Farmer) John Harvey called William Tillman a liar 150 times,..and offered to lick him 104 times. At the 104th William..thrashed John. The verdict of the jury was that William ought to have sailed in an hour and a half earlier. 1891 S. Fiske Holiday Stories (Boston ed.) viii. 178 ‘I'll tell you the whole affair, if you care to listen to it.’ ‘Sail right in, Colonel,’ cried the company. 1903 A. H. Lewis Boss iv. 52 Half an hour before six, blow your whistle an' sail in. 1934 R. Campbell Broken Rec. ii. 33 I sailed into him with a beauty on the ear. 1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling xvii. 173 I sailed into Mrs. O'Malley's cooked meat and damper. < as lemmas |
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