单词 | old score |
释义 | > as lemmasold score old score n. [ < old adj. + score n. 11b] a long-standing grudge, esp. as a motive for revenge. ΚΠ 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxvi. 86 Many a good ducking in the surf, did he get to pay up old scores. 1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl 299 I suppose in this book you..are going to pay off old scores. 1992 Time 17 Feb. 80/2 He is rather obviously settling old personal scores. < as lemmas |
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