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row BrE /rəʊ/ NAmE /roʊ/► SEE ALLin a rowget/have (all) your ducks in a row(on) skid row ●in a ˈrow (of a number of events, etc. 许多事件等) happening one after another; consecutively 接二连三地;连续地◆We’ve won five games in a row. 我们连赢了五场比赛。●get/have (all) your ˌducks in a ˈrow (especially NAmE) have made all the preparations needed to do sth; be well organized 为某事作充分准备;把事情安排得井井有条◆We need to get all our ducks in a row before beginning work on the project.在这个项目开始之前,我们得作好充分的准备。●(on) skid ˈrow (informal, especially NAmE) people who are on skid row live in a very poor part of town where there are many social problems (住在)贫民区◆When he went bankrupt he lost everything, and ended up living on skid row for a few years.破产后他一无所有,最后沦落到在贫民区住了几年。 OPP on easy street ORIGIN This expression came from the phrase skid road, referring to the poor part of towns where loggers (= people who cut down trees or cut and transported wood) lived. Originally a skid road was a road made of large pieces of wood, used for moving logs to the mill. 这个表达法源于短语 skid road,意为“伐木工居住地”。这个短语原指用来运送木材的木制滑道。 |