单词 | a good shake |
释义 | > as lemmasa good (also great, etc.) shake a. With prefixed adjective, as adverbial cognate object to shake verb, or other verbs of motion, a good (also great, etc.) shake: quickly, with headlong speed. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] on fastec1275 as greyhound (let out) of leasha1300 a good (also great, etc.) shake13.. in hastec1300 (wiþ) gret yre13.. in speeda1325 good speeda1400 on (also upon) the wing or one's wing1508 with post1569 on or upon the speed1632 on the run?1679 by the run1787 like a house on fire (also afire)1809 at the double-quick1834 with a run1834 fast and furious1851 at the double1860 at the rate of knots1892 for (or on) the (high) jump1905 like blue murder1914 13.. K. Alis. 232 Away he rod from heom god schak. 13.. Propr. Sanct. (Vernon MS.) in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen 81 84 And aftur þei schoken a ful gret schak. ?c1475 Hunt. Hare 96 Thei wente a nobull schakke. a good shake i. a fair shake: a fair deal. Also, an even shake, a good shake, and opposed to, an unfair shake. U.S. slang. ΚΠ 1830 Central Watchtower & Farmer's Jrnl. (Harrodsburg, Kentucky) 22 May 1/3 Says I, any way that will be a fair shake. 1845 W. T. Thompson Chron. Pineville 34 Give Bill Sweeny a fair shake, and he can whoop blue blazes out of ye. 1847 D. P. Thompson Locke Amsden 59 Now you know, father, that wasn't a fair shake . 1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xxxi. 218 ‘That ain't a fair shake,’ cried the man excitedly. 1949 E. B. White Let. 20 Nov. (1976) 315 The New Yorker disagrees with practically everything Boyer believes in... Nevertheless, it has given Boyer a fair shake. 1969 L. G. Arthur in A. E. Wilkerson Rights of Children (1973) x. 124 What does the child receive in return:..just psychiatric screen, shiny tiled walls, and electronic listening. It doesn't seem an even shake! 1972 Time 17 Apr. 33/1 The Administration took office..expecting an unfair shake. 1976 M. Machlin Pipeline xix. 243 What about the natives? They're not getting such a good shake. 1980 in S. Terkel Amer. Dreams 341 I'd like to see an America where so much power was not in the hands of the few. Where everybody'd get a fair shake. < as lemmas |
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