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单词 go-down
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go-downn.2

Brit. /ˈɡəʊdaʊn/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊˌdaʊn/
Forms: see go v. and down adv.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to go down at go v. Phrasal verbs 1.
Etymology: < to go down at go v. Phrasal verbs 1. Compare earlier merry-go-down n. N.E.D. (1900) indicates the stress as falling on the second syllable.
1.
a. A draught of alcoholic drink; (in early use esp.) one of several such draughts taken as part of a toast, drinking pledge, etc. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > drink > [noun] > a drink or draught
shenchc950
drinkc1000
draughtc1200
beveragec1390
napa1450
potation1479–81
potionc1484
slaker?1518
glut1541
pocill1572
adipson1601
go-down1614
slash1614
gulf1674
libation1751
meridian1771
sinda1774
sling1788
mahogany1791
a shove in the mouth1821
nooner1836
quencher1841
refresh1851
slackener1861
squencher1871
refreshener1888
refresher1922
maiden's blush1941
maiden's water1975
1614 T. Freeman Rubbe & Great Cast sig. C2 At three go downes Dick doffs me off a pot.
1651 J. Ogilby Fables of Æsop Paraphras'd iii. xlviii. 48 They drank deep, and now..Profoundly quaffe to th' Lyon and his Queen, Many goe downs on Reputation drank.
1672 T. Shadwell Miser iv. iv. 59 I'le drink six go-downs upon reputation in Campaigne to your health.
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. 57 Take me off your Bumpers, nine go-downs.
1744 T. Odell Prodigal ii. 21 Here's twelve Go-downs more upon Reputation, to Sir Anthony's Health.
a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) I. xvii. 189 He held it [sc. a flask] up to me himself, and I took three or four go-downs.
1827 Sporting Mag. 20 12 A bottle of wine a-piece, kept down by large go-downs of brandy, is each man's allowance.
1840 W. Massie Fitzwiggins III. viii. 72 [He] looked grave, gave his man a go-down of brandy, and chafed his temples.
1897 E. W. Hamilton Outlaws of Marches ii. 14 There's mony ane..wadna need telling what to say to Trimmie Armstrong gin she'd steppit the length of the holm to bring them a gaedoun o' milk.
b. A draught or gulp of water taken by a horse or other animal. Now rare.
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1730 W. Burdon Gentleman's Pocket-farrier 27 Two or three go-downs are really necessary to cool his Mouth, and may be allow'd him at any Time on the Road.
1745 London Mag. Nov. 558/1 The Boy drove one of them [sc. cattle] into the Pond, where it drank eight Go-downs.
1839 Sporting Mag. Oct. 445 A few go-downs of water given at intervals if the horse appears to refuse his corn from thirst, is a much better practice.
1884 M. H. Hayes Student's Man. Tactics 125 It is advisable that the horses should have a few ‘go-downs’ of water and a small feed..before starting.
1900 Jrnl. Agric. & Industry (S. Austral.) Nov. 335 He may be offered a go-down of water.
1912 M. F. Rimington Our Cavalry 204 [He] has been taught..always to give his horse a chance to nibble the short grass, or drink a few go-downs of water.
1943 P. D. Stewart Handling Horses vii. 62 When hunting it is entirely beneficial to allow the horse to have three or four mouthfuls, or ‘go downs’ as it is termed, if the opportunity occurs when passing a stream or ford.
2. A spell of sleep. Cf. to get one's head down (head n.1 Phrases 4d(c)(i)). Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > an instance or period of
sleepc1175
slumberingc1374
slumber?a1400
slaughtc1400
somniation1598
go-down1683
1683 J. Crowne City Politiques i. 6 Constantly after Supper my Eyes us'd to call for their Evenings draught, and I was no sooner in bed, but they wou'd tope off fourteen Hours at one go-down.
a1698 F. Sheppard Cal. Reform'd in Duke of Buckingham et al. Misc. Wks. (1704) 219 A pack of drowsy sleepy Sots..fancied they slept several scores of Years at one go-down.
3. With preceding adjective: a reception or response of the specified kind (see to go down 6b at go v. Phrasal verbs 1). Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [noun]
willOE
allowancec1400
acceptationa1425
allowing1435
approof1439
approving1523
comprobation1529
owning1535
approbation1548
good liking?1560
suffrage1563
acceptance1569
liking1569
pleasure1569
allowment1570
approvance1592
probatum1606
approvement1615
sufferage1622
the light of a person's countenance1649
reception1660
receivedness1661
imprimatur1672
approval1690
sanction1738
go-down1753
rubber stamping1920
1753 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 52. ⁋3 A Touch now and then upon the Ministry, and a Stricture upon the Constitution would have a pretty go down with us in the Country.
4. Scottish. A drinking or eating spree, a ‘blowout’. Obsolete.
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1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. i. 11 Sicken a blithe gae-down as we had again e'en! Faith, that was a night!
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. 77 in Brit. Critic June 637 [We] built this bit thing..just for a bield at ault Aiken Drum's bridal, and a bit blithe gae-down wi' had in't.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (citing Guy Mannering) Gae-down,..a guzzling or drinking match.
5. U.S. regional. A break in the bank of a stream, pond, etc., affording easier access to the water; (more generally) any means of getting down to a body of water.
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1881 N.Y. Times 18 Dec. 4/3 [Montana] Go down, a cutting in the bank of a stream for enabling animals to cross or to get to water.
1967 W. G. Hoskins Fieldwork Local Hist. ix. 144 At many places..there are short straight tracks leading down to the marshes, what would be called ‘go-downs’ in the East.
1993 J. Sinclair Seasons 23 The little old one's grave is just left of the east go-down... ‘Go-down’ is Helen's word, of course. It's one of the two ways down—like a broad, mowed grass road—to the pond.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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