单词 | out of circulation |
释义 | > as lemmasout of circulation b. out of circulation: not in general use or currency; not available, withdrawn; (in extended use of a person) not seen in public, socially inactive; isolated, out of touch; (also euphemistic) in prison. ΚΠ 1752 R. Parrott Refl. Arts & Commerce 56 No Money being ever dormant, or out of Circulation. 1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 551 Thereby placing land out of circulation, during any one life. 1893 H. H. Gibbs Colloquy on Currency 72 We shall be flooded with silver and all gold will go out of circulation. 1909 F. J. McConnell Christmas Serm. xiii. 204 He gets out of circulation altogether... He has the same kind of shrinking from the rough and soiled life of the world that a crisp and shining coin might have from..grimy hands. 1939 R. Chandler Big Sleep xxi. 155 Carol Lundgren, the boy killer with the limited vocabulary, was out of circulation for a long, long time. 1951 A. Ginsberg Let. May (2008) 74 Now he's sick and out of circulation. 1966 Telegraph (Brisbane) 13 Oct. 13/2 The zack, now the 5c piece, is in such demand that very often its scarcity makes one wonder if it is gradually going out of circulation. 1992 A. Maupin Maybe the Moon xv. 200 Lorrie..knew a guy who had a friend who'd been ‘out of circulation’. 1995 Wired Apr. 148/2 After being out of circulation for four decades, The Emperor's Nightingale, a 1951 stop-motion animation feature, has finally resurfaced. < as lemmas |
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