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once over lightly

/wuhns-oh-ver-lahyt-lee/US // ˈwʌnsˌoʊ vərˈlaɪt li //

轻轻地过了一遍,轻轻地过一遍,轻轻的过了一遍,轻轻地过一次

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : a hasty or superficial treatment, look, examination, etc.; once-over: The maid gave the room the once-over-lightly.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Once discovered, this maneuver did not endear the councilors to their constituents.

  • They are always suspended over a precipice, dangling by a slender thread that shows every sign of snapping.

  • And now, similarly, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee: "Bend over and take it like a prisoner!"

  • Perhaps on his own nowadays, Epstein is trying his best to webmaster over a dozen URLs.

  • But yes, I pictured a James Bond-type just sauntering over to her.

  • It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.

  • All over the world the just claims of organized labor are intermingled with the underground conspiracy of social revolution.

  • After we had passed over this desert, we found several garisons to defend the caravans from the violence of the Tartars.

  • After relievedly giving the pistol to the nearest soldier, he stumbled quickly over to Brion and took his hand.

  • He held it, but it was without pressure; without recognizance of the delight with which he once grasped it.