单词 | hard-and-fast |
释义 | hard-and-fast[ hahrd-n-fast, -fahst ] / ˈhɑrd nˈfæst, -ˈfɑst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hard-and-fast ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivestrongly binding; not to be set aside or violated: hard-and-fast rules. Origin of hard-and-fastFirst recorded in 1865–70 SYNONYMS FOR hard-and-fastfixed, precise, inflexible, inviolable, rigorous, unambiguous. SEE SYNONYMS FOR hard-and-fast ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM hard-and-fasthard-and-fastness, nounWords nearby hard-and-fastharbourage, harbour master, harbour seal, hard, hard act to follow, hard-and-fast, hardanger, hard as nails, hard-ass, hard-asset, hardback Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hard-and-fastBritish Dictionary definitions for hard-and-fasthard and fast adjective(hard-and-fast when prenominal) (esp of rules) invariable or strict Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with hard-and-fasthard and fast Defined, fixed, invariable, as in We have hard and fast rules for this procedure. This term originally was applied to a vessel that has come out of water, either by running aground or being put in dry dock, and is therefore unable to move. By the mid-1800s it was being used figuratively. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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