| 单词 | to step lively |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto step lively colloquial (originally U.S.). to step lively: to move quickly, stir oneself. Usually in imperative. Cf. sense 3a, to look lively at lively adj. and n. Phrases. ΚΠ 1859 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 665/2 Some of the despicable officers pricked those feeble creatures with their swords to make them look sharp and step lively. 1860 D. P. Thompson Doomed Chief vii. 138 Step lively, every soul of ye, or I'll have a platoon of troopers at your heels! 1891 Outing Nov. 147/2 There was the usual rush; the guard's admonition to ‘step lively’. 1921 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 Three xvi. 217 Some folks'll be steppin' lively to get out of th' way. 1963 N. Bawden Secret Passage x. 152 ‘Come on you’, he said to Victoria, and gave John a rough little push. ‘And step lively.’ 1995 T. Pratchett Interesting Times 275 Come on, come on, haven't got all day! Step lively, man! < as lemmas |
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