| 单词 | grubstake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrub-stake grub-stake n. U.S. Mining slang ‘the outfit, provisions, etc. furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any find he may make; a lay-out’ ( Cent. Dict.); also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > prospecting > money, etc., given to prospector grub-stake1863 1863 H. Edgar Jrnl. 27 May in Contrib. Hist. Soc. Montana (1900) III. 138 ‘A grub stake is what we are after’ was our watchword all day, and it is one hundred and fifty dollars in good dust. 1885 H. Butterworth Zigzag Journeys Western States 309 What is roughly termed a ‘grub stake’. 1895 Forum (N.Y.) June 475 The prospector with his led horse, loaded with grub~stake, blankets, pick, and pan. 1932 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 322/1 The farmer realizes the..plight of the out-of-work who..is left without a grub~stake between himself and hunger. 1948 V. Palmer Golconda ii. 10 We'd been out for six months on a grubstake from the store here, looking for mica. 1957 Times 12 Nov. (Canada Suppl.) p. xi/4 The prospector can no longer look forward to making his fortune with a ‘grubstake’ of a few hundred dollars. 1968 R. M. Patterson Finlay's River 96 On the Ingenika itself three prospectors were making at least a good grubstake: they finally took out seventy ounces of gold. grub-stake grub-stake v. transitive to furnish with grub-stake; also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide means of support for findc1225 sustainc1300 found1377 keep1377 maintainc1405 sustent?a1425 support1493 uphold1546 subsist1547 escota1616 fend1637 aliment1660 run1871 grub-stake1879 1879 Chicago Tribune 15 May 9/6 Judge Pendery, a former Congressman, politician, and lawyer, has been grubstaking a party of miners who were digging a shaft down near the base of the hill. 1890 A. C. Gunter Miss Nobody ix. 100 He grub-staked us and we used to work on the Tillie mine together. 1919 W. A. Fraser Bulldog Carney 38 I'm goin' to grubstake you,..leave you rations for three days. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 358/1 Grub-stake, to give (an author) money to keep him going while he writes a book. 1947 L. Hastings Dragons are Extra i. 30 Grub-staked by some optimistic colleague in town, they could be found at every wayside pub. 1959 Economist 21 Mar. 1073/2 For over seven years, from 1951, soon after the Korean outbreak, until mid-1958, the federal government in effect ‘grubstaked’ owners of promising deposits of strategic minerals. 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai x. 176 A..dentist whose son Ian..had been grubstaked to Wembley hors concours. < as lemmas |
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