英和和英

副詞

full butt (not comparable)

1. (colloquial, idiomatic, dated) headfirst with full force
   • 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], OCLC 228727523:

     Two Whimsical Chimeras, that were abroad upon Adventure, happen'd to encounter, head to head, full-Butt, upon the way

   • 1837, Frederick Marryat, Snarleyyow, or, The dog fiend

     The corporal […] ran full butt at the lieutenant.

   • 1913, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Poison Belt‎^[1]:

     "Now, Challenger, it's up to you to tell us where we are. We ain't nervous folk, as you know well; but when it comes to makin' a week-end visit and finding you've run full butt into the Day of Judgment, it wants a bit of explainin'."