| 单词 | king of the hill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasking of the hill king of the hill n. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.) a. A person (or occasionally animal) holding a pre-eminent position, rank or place; a dominant or successful person or animal.Cf. king of the castle n. a at Phrases 3a(a), king of the mountain n. b at Phrases 3a(g)(i). ΚΠ 1921 Daily Silver Belt (Miami, Arizona) 8 Nov. 2/6 After Rex had introduced his new muzzle to all the other dogs, he was king of the hill. 1962 Washington Post 27 Jan. b18 (caption) Art Wall Jr., new ‘king of the hill’ of NBC-TV's ‘All-Star Golf’ show defends his title against Bob Rosburg today. 1998 Maclean's 9 Feb. (Nagano Diary Insert between pages 44 and 45) Norwegian king of the hill Terje Haakonsen is boycotting today's freestyle half-pipe event. 2012 N. Silver Signal & Noise iii. 97 One moment, they were the king of the hill in high school; the next, they are..reading about their failures on the Internet. b. A children's game in which one player must keep the others from occupying his or her place at the summit of a hill or other high position; the title given to that player; also in extended use.Cf. king of the castle n. b at Phrases 3a(a), king of the mountain n. a at Phrases 3a(g)(i). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > others buckle-pit1532 marrowbone1533 put-pin?1577 primus secundus1584 fox in the hole1585 haltering of Hick's mare1585 muss1591 pushpin1598 Jack-in-the-box1600 a penny in the forehead1602 buckerels1649 bumdockdousse1653 peck-point1653 toro1660 wheelbarrow1740 thread-needle1751 thrush-a-thrush1766 runaway ring?1790 Gregory1801 pick-point1801 fighting cocks1807 runaway knock1813 tit-tat-toe1818 French and English1820 honeypots1821 roly-poly1821 tickle-tail1821 pottle1822 King of Cantland1825 tip-top-castle1834 tile1837 statue1839 chip stone1843 hen and chickens1843 king of the castle1843 King Caesar1849 rap-jacket1870 old witch1881 tick-tack-toe1884 twos and threes1896 last across (the road)1904 step1909 king of the hill1928 Pooh-sticks1928 trick or treat1928 stare-you-out1932 king of the mountain1933 dab cricket1938 Urkey1938 trick-or-treating1941 seven-up1950 squashed tomato1959 slot-racing1965 Pog1993 knights- 1928 Canton (Ohio) Daily News 22 Apr. iv. 5/2 An exciting game of ‘King of the Hill’ was played, after which the scouts sat around the camp fire. 1940 Harper's Mag. 1 Dec. 360/1 Men of giant stature—Drake and Hawkins.., Nelson, and De Grasse—played king of the hill on every hump of Antillean land. 1980 Minnesota Hist. 47 152/1 We played ‘king of the hill’ in the cool shade of the shed, with one or another of us standing at the top of the pile and fending off challengers. 2012 F. Starsburger Growing Up vii. 51 King of the Hill..has no really satisfactory ending, because whoever wins has made a pack of enemies, each of whose goal is to replace him. < as lemmas |
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