单词 | to pound away |
释义 | > as lemmasto pound away a. intransitive. To beat hard, deliver heavy blows, fire large shot at or on; (also, of the heart or head) to beat or throb violently. to pound away: to deliver repeated blows. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (intransitive)] > beat heavily or severely dingc1300 poundc1390 dinta1500 jackhammer1975 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > strike with specific degree of force [verb (intransitive)] > heavily > and continuously to pound away1885 β. γ. 1815 W. Scott Paul's Lett. (1816) viii. 173 [Remark attributed to Wellington at Waterloo.] Hard pounding this gentlemen; let's see who will pound longest.1860 R. W. Emerson Power in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 68 The chief engineer, pounded with a hammer on the trunnions of a cannon, until he broke them off.1861 J. R. Green Let. 14 Mar. (1901) 73 I spent the bulk of yesterday pounding at Dunstan in the British Museum.1885 Manch. Examiner 20 Feb. 5/2 The Opposition are anxious to have their great guns in the Upper Chamber pounding away at the same time.1901 H. Harland Comedies & Errors 60 Ferdinand Augustus's heart began to pound.1935 E. Glasgow Vein of Iron (1936) v. vii. 298 My head is pounding like hell. It's like an army of elephants.1973 N. Monsarrat Kappillan of Malta 317 The enemy planned to select one point, and pound away at it until it was pulped out of existence.2003 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 10 Apr. 3 Somebody produced a sledgehammer and pounded at the massive marble pediment.c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 338 (MED) Bet him wel wiþ þe beste..Or on þe hed ponne hard. < as lemmas |
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