| 释义 |
gang-up colloq.|ˈgæŋʌp|
[f. gang v.2 2 b.]
An act of ‘ganging up’; a meeting of a gang; spec. = gang-bang. (See also quot. 1936.)
1936Metronome Feb. 21/3 Gang up, medley. 1949Time 27 June 29 Congress was..harassed by a Communist gang-up with Bose. 1951E. Waters Eye on Sparrow vi, This is the gang-up. Men like that put you to sleep with their drops. Then one man after another goes in and takes you. 1957Economist 7 Dec. 876/2 Trying to bring about the closest possible pre-conference accord between the British and German governments without giving other Nato partners the impression of an Anglo-German ‘gang-up’. 1967G. Steiner Lang. & Silence 137 The narrative of an S.A. gang-up in a beer hall is unforgettable. |