| 单词 | to think on one's feet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto think on one's feet c. intransitive. to think on one's feet: to react to events or arguments quickly and effectively. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > think [verb (intransitive)] > quickly to think on one's feet1848 1838 C. Lyell Let. 6 Sept. in C. Darwin Corr. (1986) II. 101 It is a country where, as Tom Moore justly complained, a most exaggerated importance is attached to the faculty of thinking on your legs.] 1848 Christian Examiner & Relig. Misc. July 133 Washington could not have made an oration to save his life, and Jefferson..had but small power of thinking on his feet. 1890 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 28 233 In debate ‘he thought upon his feet’. 1935 P. G. Wodehouse Luck of Bodkins xvi. 202 PS. Think on your feet, boy! 1960 Analog Sci. Fact & Fiction Oct. 73/2 Your records show that you can think on your feet. 2006 N. Reardon & T. Flynn On Camera 103 Anything that can go wrong probably will one time or another. So you and your crew will have to think on your feet. < as lemmas |
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