| 单词 | nailed-up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnailed-up c. nailed-up: fixed to something with a nail or nails. Also figurative (of a play or type of drama): †poorly constructed, having little literary or artistic value (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [adjective] > qualities of play unproduceable1704 playable1725 unproduciblea1760 undramatic1769 unplayable1806 unactable1810 actable1825 blue fire1826 undramatical1829 actor-proof1893 nailed-up1894 talky1937 1894 Westm. Gaz. 24 Apr. 2/1 One of the most inept ‘nailed up’ dramas..that ever faced the footlights. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 2/3 What the Americans call a ‘glued-up’ or nailed-up drama. 1959 J. Michie Possible Laughter 34 To take that nailed-up weathercock, my word, As a sign of the wind, whichever way it's blowing! 1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities i. 3 Madame Page had noticed slight changes in her nailed-up twig of sapling fir. < as lemmas |
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