| 释义 |
▪ I. kayo, a. slang (orig. U.S.).|ˈkeɪəʊ|
[Reversal of the pronunc. of O.K. under the influence of next (see K 4 b).]
= O.K. a.
1923H. C. Witwer in Cosmopolitan Apr. 128/2 Anything you say is kayo with me, kid, unless you tell me good bye! 1928Wodehouse Money for Nothing v. 103 If you think it's kayo, then it's all right by me. 1946Amer. Speech XXI. 138 How these new speech forms [sc. abbreviations] in turn may be translated back into the written word is shown by kayo, [etc.].
▪ II. kayo, v. and n. colloq. (orig. U.S.).|ˈkeɪəʊ|
[Representation of the pronunc. of K.O. (s.v. K 4).]
A. v. trans. = knock v. 14 a.
B. n. = knock-out n. 2.
1923H. C. Witwer Fighting Blood 324 You never been knocked cold in your life—why go out of your way to get kayoed? 1932J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan iii. 112 He sat down, saying to himself that he was Young Studs Lonigan..now in training for the bout when he would kayo Jess Willard for the title. 1933Amer. Speech VIII. iii. 39/1 The knockout blow or kayo itself is variously called kay,..K.O. 1939Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime xx. 303, I still don't see..why he should have slipped kayo drops in. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 40/4 Quarry with 14 kayos in a 25–1–4 record is known as a stopper. 1972Times 10 Nov. 14/6 There was..the kayoing of the prop forward by a deliberate punch. 1975Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer 23 Mar. 2-C/2 Rademacher, who was kayoed by Patterson in the sixth round in 1957, won a gold medal in the 1956 Olympic Games for boxing. kayre |