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词汇 billy-o
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Definition of billy-o in English:

billy-o

noun ˈbɪlɪəʊ
in phrase like billy-oBritish informal
  • Very much, hard, or strongly.

    〈英,非正式〉非常地,使劲地,猛烈地

    I had to run like billy-o

    我只好拼命跑。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This little beauty's older than I am, but it still reads and writes like billy-o.
    • But only to Claus Jensen, who nearly restores some Danish pride with an exquisite chip from the edge of the area that nearly beats Seaman, who tips the ball over the bar with his midlife-crisis mane flapping like billy-o.
    • He would spend a while trying to get the chute to catch the wind, and then run like billy-o down the hill, occasionally jumping in the air.
    • Is that the same stuff as the algae that kills all the marine life under it and breeds like billy-o?
    Synonyms
    quickly, fast, swiftly, speedily, at speed, at full speed, at the speed of light, post-haste, hotfoot, at full tilt, as fast as one's legs can carry one, at a gallop, expeditiously, briskly, promptly

Origin

Late 19th century: of unknown origin.

Rhymes

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