| 单词 | to thrash one's way |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto thrash one's way P2. to thrash one's way: (originally Nautical) to advance with difficulty against strong wind, waves, etc.; (later also more generally) to make one's way by means of strenuous effort. With adverb or prepositional phrase indicating direction. ΚΠ 1862 Times 15 Aug. 10/5 Each craft set to thrash her way, aided, however, by the ebb, clear of the Needles. 1900 Daily News 15 Oct. 6/7 The Nuddea encountered the typhoon some distance to the southward of Hong Kong, and..had to thrash her way through it. 1988 R. Fisher Poems 183 I met the lorries, headlamps full on, thrashing their way up over Stainmore. 1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 Mar. 49/3 Nonetheless, she thrashes her way through her freshman year at college..dissatisfied with life and education. 2000 Reader's Digest Oct. 102 Because of him I notice what is in front of me..instead of thrashing my way towards goals that contain no joy in themselves. < as lemmas |
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