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strike while the iron is hot

英语

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(此词的语源缺失或不完整。请协助添加，或在茶室进行讨论。尤其注意：“最早的使用出处？许多语言都有类似的表达，那么这个短语是出自英语自体还是从其他语言借入？”)

发音

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动词

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Striking red-hot iron
击打烧红的铁

strike while the iron is hot (第三人称单数简单现在时 strikes while the iron is hot，现在分词 striking while the iron is hot，一般过去时及过去分词 struck while the iron is hot)

  1. (冶金学，锻造，字面义) 趁金属片（尤其是铁片）烧红时去敲打以塑形
  2. (俗语) 趁热打铁：抓紧条件有利时行动
    We should strike while the iron is hot and order some immediately, before they change the offer.
    我们应该趁热打铁，立即订购一些，以免他们改变报价。
    • c. 1620s, Elizabeth Cary [misattributed to Henry Cary], The History Of the most unfortunate Prince King Edward II. […] , London: A.G. and F. P., 出版于 1680，第 41 页:
      The Gap thus stopp'd, with her Army she marcheth to the Cage that kept those Birds, whose Wings she would be clipping. She knew if she struck not while the Iron was hot, the heat of a popular Faction would quickly sink and lessen.
      （请为本引文添加中文翻译）

用法说明

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  • 用命令式表达时，这个词有个广为人知的说法或者谚语：
    Strike while the iron is hot!
    要趁热打铁！

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参考资料

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  • Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, ISBN 0-679-44554-4, p. 309.
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