单词 | in the act |
释义 | Example sentences from the Web for in the act
in the actIn the process of doing something. For example, The police caught the robber in the act, or I was in the act of closing the window. [Second half of 1600s] Performing sexual intercourse, as in Her father caught them in the act. [Late 1500s] Words nearby in the actintestinal villus, intestine, intestines, in that, in that case, in the act, in the aggregate, in the air, in the altogether, in the back, in the bag 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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