| 单词 | make a pass at |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a pass at a. U.S. slang. A threat of violence; an attempt to hit someone. Chiefly in to make a pass at. ΚΠ 1900 ‘J. Flynt’ & ‘F. Walton’ Powers that Prey 156 It's time 't you get your graft in elsewhere. I ain't makin' no passes at you nor nothin', but if you sprint, you can catch that seven-thirty this evenin'. 1908 in Washington Post 30 Apr. 8/5 McGann..made a vicious pass at the Giants' manager. 1935 D. Lamson We who are about to Die xi. 187 ‘Why you lyin' so-an'-so,’ he says... An' he makes a pass at me. 1973 Playboy Jan. 240/1 ‘I could kill you, you know.’ ‘I don't know any such fuckin' thing... You ever made a pass at me, well, you better make a good one is all.’ to make a pass at b. colloquial (originally U.S.). An amorous or sexual advance. Also figurative. Chiefly in to make a pass at. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > court or woo [verb (transitive)] > pursue (a person) amorously chase1894 to make a pass at1925 bird-dog1942 the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > act of courtship > amorous overture or approach advance1817 pass1925 1925 D. Parker in World (N.Y.) 16 Aug. 3 e/1 News Item... Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses. 1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock i. i. 21 He made no immediate pass at Ida in the taxi. 1957 J. Braine Room at Top vii. 70 A little gentle flirtation, even a discreet sort of pass, would have changed her attitude entirely. 1991 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Apr. 104/3 Ed Turner remembers the gathering of wagons in New York's media circles when Ted Turner..made a pass at CBS. 2001 S. Brett Death on Downs (2002) xii. 87 Once, when they'd been alone.., Charles Hilton had made a pass at her. < as lemmas |
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