| 单词 | give it a whirl |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgive it (and variants) a whirl 11. colloquial (originally U.S.). An attempt, esp. an initial or tentative attempt. Frequently in give it (and variants) a whirl. Cf. burl n.2 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > an attempt tastec1330 assayc1386 proffera1400 proof?a1400 pluck?1499 saymenta1500 minta1522 attemptate1531 attempt1548 attemption1565 say1568 trice1579 offer1581 fling1590 tempt1597 essay1598 trial1614 tentative1632 molition1643 conamen1661 put1661 tentamen1673 conatus1722 shot1756 go1784 ettle1790 shy1824 hack1830 try1832 pop1839 slap1840 venture1842 stagger1865 flutter1874 whack1884 whirl1884 smack1889 swipe1892 buck1913 lash1941 wham1957 play1961 1884 C. B. Lewis Sawed-off Sketches 277 After licking the best man in his own camp he came down to give us a whirl. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xix. 234 No sound and legitimate business can be established on a basis of speculation. A successful whirl in the knight-errantry line... It's just a corner in pork, that's all, and you can't make anything else out of it. 1904 ‘O. Henry’ Sixes & Sevens (1911) 75 I'd been saving up for a year to give this New York a whirl. 1922 S. Lewis Babbitt vi. 90 But—I wish I could've had a whirl at law and politics. 1923 Wodehouse in Strand Mag. Apr. 335 Jeeves, if he cared to take a whirl at it, could be Prime Minister or something to-morrow. 1949 A. Miller Death of Salesman i. 66 Come on up. Tell that to Dad. Let's give him a whirl. 1965 K. Roberts in J. Carnell New Writings in S-F III. 127 I'm going up again next weekend. Give it another whirl. 1979 S. Wilson Greenish Man 11 You've nothing to lose. Give it a whirl, try it for a month. 1985 Times 28 Feb. 20/2 John Syer came to me and said he could help... So I thought I would give it a whirl. < as lemmas |
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