| 单词 | in a tight |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a tight 2. An awkward situation, predicament, ‘tight corner’ ( A. 9). Usually in in a tight; occasionally const. for. U.S. dialect or colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits needfulnessc1350 kankedortc1374 pressc1375 needfultya1382 briguec1400 brikec1400 plightc1400 taking?c1425 partyc1440 distrait1477 brakea1529 hot water1537 strait1544 extremes1547 pickle1562 praemunire1595 lock1598 angustiae1653 difficulty1667 scrape1709 premune1758 hole1760 Queer Street1811 warm water1813 strift1815 fix1816 plisky1818 snapper1818 amplush1827 false position1830 bind1851 jackpot1887 tight1896 squeeze1905 jam1914 1896 in Dial. Notes (1916) 4 348 Tight, n. (From tight place.) A difficult or precarious position. 1902 W. N. Harben Abner Daniel xxi. 182 It would tempt five men out of ten if they were inclined to go wrong, and were in a tight. 1930 W. Faulkner As I lay Dying 29 I tell him again I will help him out if he gets into a tight, with her sick and all. 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xv. 177 Jody's in a tight for a name for the new Baxter. 1950 H. Patterson & E. Conrad Scottsboro Boy ii. xi. 175 ‘You scared that man almost to death.’ ‘I was in a tight jam then, Warden. I was trying to get out of a tight.’ 1979 G. Swarthout Skeletons 18 Pat Garrett..had said of him in public: ‘I would rather have Wood with me in a tight than any man I know.’ < as lemmas |
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