英语词汇“on the nod”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Phrases

P1.

a. a nod and a wink: an indication that a course of action, etc., will be followed or is approved of; (also) a hint, an innuendo; a thing which is not openly admitted or authorized. Also in plural. Cf. wink n.¹ 2a.

ΚΠ

1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 100 A nod and a wink are very often treacherous and false.

1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote II. vii. x. 155 Mrs. Cullpepper..assured Wildgoose, with a nod and a wink, ‘that any little distress, which his charitable disposition might have occasioned, would be relieved by their Society’.

1814 W. Scott Waverley (1830) I. xi. 110 The Laird.., now superior to the nods and winks with which the Baron..had hitherto checked his entering upon political discussion.

1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xxxi. 272 [He] sought by nods and winks and inuendoes to intimate his authorship.

1887 R. Browning Parleyings 115 So tells a touch Of subintelligential nod and wink—Turning foes friends.

1901 T. Hardy Poems Past & Present 224 From nod and wink I read they think That I am fool and blind.

1982 Sunday Times 12 Dec. 47/1 The change follows none too subtle nods and winks from institutional shareholders.

1995 New Statesman & Society 17 Mar. 19/3 It's not a formal policy, obviously, more a nod and a wink. But we all understand each other.

b. Proverb. a nod is as good as a wink (to a blind horse) and variants.

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1793 J. Ritson Let. 14 Feb. (1833) II. 11 A nod, you know, is as good as a wink to a blind horse.

1822 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas (rev. ed.) I. ii. ix. 224 I shall say no more at present; a nod is as good as a wink.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xiii. 179 A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.

1893 J. H. McCarthy Red Diamonds II. 28 A nod is as good as a wink to such a dark horse as you are.

1935 T. S. Eliot Murder in Cathedral i. 24 My Lord, a nod is as good as a wink. A man will often love what he spurns.

1954 C. P. Snow New Men iv. xxxviii. 268 Now you can forget everything that I've told you. But a nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.

1989 M. Bragg Rich: Life of Richard Burton (BNC) 45 There were government coupons for almost everything... No coupons, no goods. But not at the Co-op when Rich was alone. A nod was a good as a wink.

P2. on the nod.

a. slang. Asleep; falling asleep. Later also (originally and chiefly U.S.): drowsy or intoxicated through taking narcotic drugs.

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > effects of drugs > [adjective]

intoxicated1576

drunk1585

besotted1831

drugged1871

dopey1896

doped1903

piped1906

lit1912

loaded1923

high1932

polluted1938

stone1945

straight1946

impaired1951

on the nod1951

buzzed1952

stoned1953

hung1958

strung out1959

zonked1959

shot1964

out of (also off) one's bird1966

ripped1966

wiped1966

amped1967

tanked1968

wrecked1968

whacked out1969

wired1970

jagged1973

funked up1976

annihilated1980

junked out1982

obliterated1984

caned1992

wankered1992

twatted1993

1827 R. Montgomery Age Reviewed i. 135 Dear William! thou for ever on the nod, Receive my praises for the drowsy god.

1951 Life 11 June 126/2 Instead of a warming, bright ‘charge’, he merely becomes comatose and lethargic (goes on the nod in junkie parlance).

1967 H. S. Thompson Hell's Angels 198 Crashing means nothing more sinister than going on the nod, either from booze or simple fatigue.

1983 W. Kennedy Ironweed (1988) ii. 34 Rudy, on the nod, flared into wakefulness with a wild swing of the left arm.

1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again (1992) 453 He told us he was the pride of William Morris until he went on the nod in the middle of his own pitch at a staff meeting. They waited two weeks till they fired him.

b. slang. On credit; free, gratis.

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society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [adverb] > on credit

to fristc1440

on (also upon, of) trust1509

on (also upon) credit1560

in, upon, on (the) score1568

on time1628

on or upon (the) tick1642

upon the tally1807

on the nod1882

on the slate1909

on the cuff1927

on the knocker1934

1882 Rag 30 Sept. in J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang (1902) V. 59/1 A pay-on-the nod, An always-in-quod young man.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 11 June 5/3 We went into a..shop and wanted to be served on the nod.

1907 ‘I. Hay’ Pip ix. 286 He looked all round the room, and I knew he knew everything in it had been got on the nod.

1929 P. G. Wodehouse Mr. Mulliner Speaking ii. 52 Ignatius Mulliner, the man, might entertain the idea of pleasing the girl he worshipped by painting her on the nod, but Ignatius Mulliner, the artist, had his schedule of prices.

1945 B. Naughton in C. Madge Pilot Papers I. 106 Edith..got them a house,..and Edith filled it with furniture on the ‘nod’.

1992 J. Curtis Sons of Morning (BNC) 254 Ira Sanchez offered a bet and the bookie took it on the nod.

c. With merely formal assent and no discussion; without the taking of a vote.

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the mind > language > statement > assent > [adverb] > with merely formal assent

on the nod1959

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > expression of choice [phrase] > assent without voting

on the nod1959

1959 Times 14 Mar. 4/2 The Bill..was given a second reading ‘on the nod’ by the House.

1973 C. Mullard Black Brit. iii. vii. 85 The late Lord (Learie) Constantine, then a member of the Board, opposed the appointment of John Lyttle on the nod, and urged that the job should be advertised in the press.

1990 Cork Examiner 14 July 7/5 Worker's Party leader Proinsias de Rossa objected to estimates involving huge sums of money being put through on the nod.

单词	on the nod
释义	> as lemmas on the nod Phrases P1. a. a nod and a wink: an indication that a course of action, etc., will be followed or is approved of; (also) a hint, an innuendo; a thing which is not openly admitted or authorized. Also in plural. Cf. wink n.¹ 2a. ΚΠ 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 100 A nod and a wink are very often treacherous and false. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote II. vii. x. 155 Mrs. Cullpepper..assured Wildgoose, with a nod and a wink, ‘that any little distress, which his charitable disposition might have occasioned, would be relieved by their Society’. 1814 W. Scott Waverley (1830) I. xi. 110 The Laird.., now superior to the nods and winks with which the Baron..had hitherto checked his entering upon political discussion. 1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xxxi. 272 [He] sought by nods and winks and inuendoes to intimate his authorship. 1887 R. Browning Parleyings 115 So tells a touch Of subintelligential nod and wink—Turning foes friends. 1901 T. Hardy Poems Past & Present 224 From nod and wink I read they think That I am fool and blind. 1982 Sunday Times 12 Dec. 47/1 The change follows none too subtle nods and winks from institutional shareholders. 1995 New Statesman & Society 17 Mar. 19/3 It's not a formal policy, obviously, more a nod and a wink. But we all understand each other. b. Proverb. a nod is as good as a wink (to a blind horse) and variants. ΚΠ 1793 J. Ritson Let. 14 Feb. (1833) II. 11 A nod, you know, is as good as a wink to a blind horse. 1822 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas (rev. ed.) I. ii. ix. 224 I shall say no more at present; a nod is as good as a wink. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xiii. 179 A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse. 1893 J. H. McCarthy Red Diamonds II. 28 A nod is as good as a wink to such a dark horse as you are. 1935 T. S. Eliot Murder in Cathedral i. 24 My Lord, a nod is as good as a wink. A man will often love what he spurns. 1954 C. P. Snow New Men iv. xxxviii. 268 Now you can forget everything that I've told you. But a nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse. 1989 M. Bragg Rich: Life of Richard Burton (BNC) 45 There were government coupons for almost everything... No coupons, no goods. But not at the Co-op when Rich was alone. A nod was a good as a wink. P2. on the nod. a. slang. Asleep; falling asleep. Later also (originally and chiefly U.S.): drowsy or intoxicated through taking narcotic drugs. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > effects of drugs > [adjective] intoxicated1576 drunk1585 besotted1831 drugged1871 dopey1896 doped1903 piped1906 lit1912 loaded1923 high1932 polluted1938 stone1945 straight1946 impaired1951 on the nod1951 buzzed1952 stoned1953 hung1958 strung out1959 zonked1959 shot1964 out of (also off) one's bird1966 ripped1966 wiped1966 amped1967 tanked1968 wrecked1968 whacked out1969 wired1970 jagged1973 funked up1976 annihilated1980 junked out1982 obliterated1984 caned1992 wankered1992 twatted1993 1827 R. Montgomery Age Reviewed i. 135 Dear William! thou for ever on the nod, Receive my praises for the drowsy god. 1951 Life 11 June 126/2 Instead of a warming, bright ‘charge’, he merely becomes comatose and lethargic (goes on the nod in junkie parlance). 1967 H. S. Thompson Hell's Angels 198 Crashing means nothing more sinister than going on the nod, either from booze or simple fatigue. 1983 W. Kennedy Ironweed (1988) ii. 34 Rudy, on the nod, flared into wakefulness with a wild swing of the left arm. 1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again (1992) 453 He told us he was the pride of William Morris until he went on the nod in the middle of his own pitch at a staff meeting. They waited two weeks till they fired him. b. slang. On credit; free, gratis. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [adverb] > on credit to fristc1440 on (also upon, of) trust1509 on (also upon) credit1560 in, upon, on (the) score1568 on time1628 on or upon (the) tick1642 upon the tally1807 on the nod1882 on the slate1909 on the cuff1927 on the knocker1934 1882 Rag 30 Sept. in J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang (1902) V. 59/1 A pay-on-the nod, An always-in-quod young man. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 11 June 5/3 We went into a..shop and wanted to be served on the nod. 1907 ‘I. Hay’ Pip ix. 286 He looked all round the room, and I knew he knew everything in it had been got on the nod. 1929 P. G. Wodehouse Mr. Mulliner Speaking ii. 52 Ignatius Mulliner, the man, might entertain the idea of pleasing the girl he worshipped by painting her on the nod, but Ignatius Mulliner, the artist, had his schedule of prices. 1945 B. Naughton in C. Madge Pilot Papers I. 106 Edith..got them a house,..and Edith filled it with furniture on the ‘nod’. 1992 J. Curtis Sons of Morning (BNC) 254 Ira Sanchez offered a bet and the bookie took it on the nod. c. With merely formal assent and no discussion; without the taking of a vote. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [adverb] > with merely formal assent on the nod1959 the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > expression of choice [phrase] > assent without voting on the nod1959 1959 Times 14 Mar. 4/2 The Bill..was given a second reading ‘on the nod’ by the House. 1973 C. Mullard Black Brit. iii. vii. 85 The late Lord (Learie) Constantine, then a member of the Board, opposed the appointment of John Lyttle on the nod, and urged that the job should be advertised in the press. 1990 Cork Examiner 14 July 7/5 Worker's Party leader Proinsias de Rossa objected to estimates involving huge sums of money being put through on the nod. extracted from nodn.¹ < as lemmas
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