| 释义 |
ˈside-kick slang (orig. U.S.).
[Back-formation from next.]
1. A companion or close associate; spec. an accomplice or partner in crime; a subordinate member of a pair or group. More loosely, a friend, a colleague.
1906H. Green At Actors' Boarding House 85 The Red Swede..sat over a pint of champagne with Dopey Polly..and his side kick, the Runt. a1911D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. xvii. 394 ‘Now, what d'ye think of that?’ said Black Mustache to his ‘side-kick.’.. ‘Guess we'd better run her in, Pete.’ 1927J. M. Saunders Wings iv. 173 ‘I want two of you,’ the Major said, ‘who is your side-kick?’ ‘Armstrong,’ Johnny admitted unwillingly. 1934Bulletin (Sydney) 25 July 47/1 Snowy was good at soft things; as a rule, you could trust him as a sidekick to help you to a clear getaway. 1956M. Procter Pub Crawler viii. 102 He's Frank McGeen's sidekick. They team up together in jobs of this sort. 1960Times 14 Oct. 18/7 Miss Moira Redmond, as an ex-wife.., made a takingly crisp and sub-acid side-kick. 1976New Yorker 23 Feb. 82/3 Christopher Lloyd was funny as a drug⁓ridden sidekick of the defunct singer. 1981‘J. McVean’ Seabird Nine xiii. 154 It was the White House... And not just some little cotton-tail sidekick either, but counsel to the President.
2. Criminals' slang. = side-pocket 1. U.S.
1916Lit. Digest 19 Aug. 424/2 Pockets range from ‘side kicks’ to ‘double insiders’. 1935Amer. Speech X. 20/2 Side-kick [formerly] one's pal. In modern argot a side pocket in the coat; it is doubtful if there is any connection. 1955D. W. Maurer in Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxiv. 125 The outside pockets in an overcoat are called side kicks (from which we get a venerable American idiom).
3. An incidental criticism; a passing or indirect attack, a ‘side-swipe’.
1958Economist 1 Feb. 384/2 Two intriguing passages in Mr. Thorneycroft's speech were, first, what could be taken as a sidekick at the Government's insistence on Britain having the H-bomb. 1971Scotsman 20 May 10/1 Parents came in for a good many side-kicks these days, he said. ‘Blame the parents’ was a recurring cry. |