| 单词 | on the bend |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the bend a. Phrases. on the bend: by means that are not straightforward, ‘crookedly’; to go on the (or a) bend: to go ‘on the spree’; also to have a bend; cf. bender n. 5b. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > guile is the best means [phrase] > by wily or devious means on the bend1863 society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > make merry [verb (intransitive)] > noisy or riotous revelc1390 ragea1400 roara1450 jet?1518 tirl on the berry?1520 roist1563 roist1574 revel1580 domineer1592 ranta1616 roister1663 scour1673 tory-rory1685 scheme1738 to run the rig1750 gilravagea1760 splore?a1799 spree1859 to go on the (or a) bend1863 to flare up1869 to whoop it up1873 to paint the town (red)1882 razzle1908 to make whoopee1920 boogie1929 to beat it up1933 ball1946 rave1961 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > live sensually [verb (intransitive)] > indulge in debauchery > go on a debauch to go on the (or a) bend1863 razzle1908 1863 J. C. Jeaffreson Live it Down xxviii I'll order my executor to buy my coffin off the square. He shall get it on the bend, somehow or other. 1879 Kidston in Proc. Gen. Assembly Free Church Scotl. 62 ‘Going on the spree’ or ‘having a bend’. 1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin 84 They do say as he was 'customed to go on a scoop—on a bend, occasionally, as it were. 1891 R. Kipling City Dreadful Night 71 The gallant apprentice may be a wild youth with an earnest desire to go occasionally ‘upon the bend’. 1891 R. Kipling Life's Handicap 60 I went on the bend with a intimate friend. 1936 L. A. G. Strong Last Enemy i. x. 152 Been on the bend, 'aven't you? < as lemmas |
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