| 单词 | get it? |
| 释义 | > as lemmasget it? (d) humorous. get it?: ‘do you understand?’, ‘do you see the joke?’ (used parenthetically as a tag to a joke, pun, or allusion, esp. one the speaker or writer regards as bad, obvious, or laboured). Cf. geddit int. ΚΠ 1926 New Yorker 11 Dec. 46/2 (caption) The verse will be, ‘Tidings of Comfort and Joy’, and—ah—suppose we tie up the thought of the suspender buttons with that? Get it? 1937 R. Westerby Wide Boys never Work (1938) 161 ‘And you—Mick—you're through! Get it?’ 1940 S. J. Perelman in New Yorker 24 Aug. 14/3 A high-spirited travesty on How to Read a Book, by Mortimer J. Adler. It is called How to Read Two Books, by Erasmus J. Addlepate (get it?). 1985 ‘J. Gash’ Pearlhanger (1986) vii. 61 Similor's lightweight, love... Cheap old alloy. French bloke called Renty invented it: similar to or, gold. Get it? 2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xlvi. 732 ‘By the way, I personally object to the word testimony regarding a woman's sworn statements, simply because’—she crudely grabbed her crotch—‘the etymology of the word is testes. Get it?’ < as lemmas |
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