shipshape and Bristol fashion
形容词 adj.
副词 adv.
英 /ˈʃɪpʃeɪp n̩ ˌbɹɪstəl ˈfæʃn̩/
美 /ˈʃɪpˌʃeɪp n̩ ˌbɹɪstəl ˈfæʃən/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Of a vessel: tidy, and with its equipment in good order, properly stowed, etc.; shipshape.
— It was there I first got alongside of Moll [a ship]. She is as pretty a girl as ever stepped between the stem and stern of a vessel. And to see her upon a lee-shore! It made me change colour in the face like a dolphin. "My box of diamonds," says I to the girl, "this is neither ship-shape, nor Bristol fashion. It was this fashion that made the people at Constantinople turn Turks. If the master-at-arms that put you in here ever comes athwart my hawse, I'll cut his cable."
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Neatly and properly arranged or organized; neat and tidy, tidy.
— He must be a little dictator. In all well-run businesses there is such a man. In the Secret Service, it is Paymaster Captain Troop, RN Retired, Head of Admin., whose job it is, in his own words, ‘to keep the place shipshape and Bristol fashion’.
副词 adv.
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In a neat and tidy, or proper, manner; properly, tidily.
— It is often the custom of men-of-war's men, when they deem anything to be going on wrong aboard ship, to refer to last cruise, when of course everything was done shipshape and Bristol fashion.
词源
词源 1
As regards the adjective, Bristol was the most prosperous port of west-coast Britain, and its shipping was regarded as maintained at a high quality.
The adverb is probably derived from the adjective as it is first attested slightly later.
The adverb is probably derived from the adjective as it is first attested slightly later.
词源 2
As regards the adjective, Bristol was the most prosperous port of west-coast Britain, and its shipping was regarded as maintained at a high quality.
The adverb is probably derived from the adjective as it is first attested slightly later.
The adverb is probably derived from the adjective as it is first attested slightly later.
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