英语词汇“dead finish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dead finish n. Australian colloquial (a) the ‘limit’ or extreme point (with regard to excellence, endurance, etc.); (b) any of several Australian trees or shrubs, esp. Albizzia basaltica or Acacia farnesiana; also, the thicket formed by such trees or shrubs.

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1881 A. C. Grant Bush-life in Queensland xiv ‘He's the dead finish—go right through a man,’ rejoins Sam, rather sulkily.

1885 H. Finch-Hatton Advance Australia! xvii. 272 On the western slopes, rose-wood, myall, dead-finish, plum-tree..all woods with a fine grain suitable for cabinet-making and fancy work.

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 355 Acacia farnesiana... Sometimes called by the absurd name of ‘Dead Finish’. This name given to some species of Acacia and Albizzia, is on account of the trees or shrubs shooting thickly from the bottom, and forming an impenetrable barrier to the traveller, who is thus brought to a ‘dead finish’ (stop).

1902 J. H. M. Abbott Tommy Cornstalk 64 There are few colloquialisms more expressive of wearisome disgust, dissatisfaction and discontent than is ‘Dead Finish’. It is almost synonymous with ‘the Last Straw’.

1907 Daily Chron. 18 Mar. 4/4 There is a corporation which grows roses to compete with Nature's ‘dead finish’ trees.

1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 24 Jan. 21/3 They were made from myall, dead finish, ringed gidya and other fancy woods.

1959 C. Chauvel & E. Chauvel Walkabout x. 69 If you go out that gate over there past the ‘dead finish’ tree and take the middle track you'll be right enough.

单词	dead finish
释义	> as lemmas dead finish dead finish n. Australian colloquial (a) the ‘limit’ or extreme point (with regard to excellence, endurance, etc.); (b) any of several Australian trees or shrubs, esp. Albizzia basaltica or Acacia farnesiana; also, the thicket formed by such trees or shrubs. ΚΠ 1881 A. C. Grant Bush-life in Queensland xiv ‘He's the dead finish—go right through a man,’ rejoins Sam, rather sulkily. 1885 H. Finch-Hatton Advance Australia! xvii. 272 On the western slopes, rose-wood, myall, dead-finish, plum-tree..all woods with a fine grain suitable for cabinet-making and fancy work. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 355 Acacia farnesiana... Sometimes called by the absurd name of ‘Dead Finish’. This name given to some species of Acacia and Albizzia, is on account of the trees or shrubs shooting thickly from the bottom, and forming an impenetrable barrier to the traveller, who is thus brought to a ‘dead finish’ (stop). 1902 J. H. M. Abbott Tommy Cornstalk 64 There are few colloquialisms more expressive of wearisome disgust, dissatisfaction and discontent than is ‘Dead Finish’. It is almost synonymous with ‘the Last Straw’. 1907 Daily Chron. 18 Mar. 4/4 There is a corporation which grows roses to compete with Nature's ‘dead finish’ trees. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 24 Jan. 21/3 They were made from myall, dead finish, ringed gidya and other fancy woods. 1959 C. Chauvel & E. Chauvel Walkabout x. 69 If you go out that gate over there past the ‘dead finish’ tree and take the middle track you'll be right enough. extracted from deadadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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