| 单词 | nudge, nudge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnudge, nudge (wink, wink) 3. nudge, nudge (wink, wink) [a catchphrase from the British television comedy programme Monty Python's Flying Circus : see Pythonesque adj.] : used as an interjection to imply cheeky, conspiratorial, or mischievous insinuation or innuendo, esp. of a sexual nature. Also as adj.: designating or employing this kind of innuendo; sexually suggestive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [phrase] hint, hint1937 nudge, nudge (wink, wink)1969 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > indecent [phrase] > indecent implication as the bishop said to the actress1930 nudge, nudge (wink, wink)1969 that's what she said1973 1969 G. Chapman et al. Monty Python's Flying Circus (1989) I. iii. 40 Is your wife a..goer..eh? Know what I mean? Know what I mean? Nudge nudge. Nudge, nudge... Your wife interested in er..photographs, eh? Know what I mean?.. Nudge nudge. Snap snap. Grin, grin, wink, wink, say no more. 1973 Punch 7 Feb. 178/1 We are largely informed about British public affairs by a hallowed process of nudge-nudge, wink-wink, Know-what-I-mean. 1977 Club Tennis Mar. 6/6 Senior lady players, in my experience (and I have some experience in that field, nudge, nudge), take very badly to being beaten by up-and-comings. 1990 Internat. H & E Monthly 92 No. 2. 58 Once we proceed past the nudge, nudge, wink, wink routine I find that most people are genuinely interested. 2001 Heat 27 Oct. 101/4 Sue Johnston appears too, as Silas's nudge nudge, ‘housekeeper’. < as lemmas |
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