| 释义 |
low man, ˈlowman
[f. low a. + man. Cf. also highman.]
In pl. Dice loaded so as to turn up low numbers. (Cf. low-runner.)
1592Kyd Sol. & Pers. ii. i. 223 Heere are tall men and little men... Hie men and low men, thou wouldst say. 1596Lodge Wits Miserie (1879) 47. 1608 Dekker Belman Lond. E 3. a 1612 Harington Epigr. i. lxxix. (1618) D 3 b, Then play thou for a pound or for a pin, High men are low men, still are foysted in. 1622,a1643[see highman]. |