- (比喻文章的气势首尾贯通) make smooth reading; read [practise] from beginning to end without stopping; write at one stretch
- (比喻工作过程不间断,不松懈) accomplish sth. at a stretch; accomplish a composition in one breath; at one fling; get sth. done at one go [without a let-up]; say quickly, without having to stop to think