英语词汇“play a good stick”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. transitive. To wield lightly and freely; to keep in motion, esp. to operate or work (an instrument, tool, etc.) skilfully. to play a good stick: to fence well.to play (a good) knife and fork: see knife and fork n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or control > [verb (transitive)] > vigorously

play1590

urge1697

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fencing or exercise with sticks or cudgels > fence with sticks or cudgels [verb (intransitive)]

stave1663

to play a good stick?a1800

cudgel1840

single-stick1900

1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall 3 Thy late Customers, which play more sacks to the mill, haue brought greists or iests at least wise to be ground.

1713 R. Steele Guardian No. 50. ⁋2 The dexterity..consists in playing the razor, with a nimble wrist, mighty near the nose without touching it.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Organ One of these Hydraulic Organs; with two Men..seeming to pump the Water which plays it.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. ix. 64 You hear he plays a good [fiddle-]stick.

1788 J. May Jrnl. 21 July (1873) (modernized text) 88 Five hands at work... Two playing the whipsaw.

?a1800 in Daily News 11 July (1892) 2/5 If..he is a tolerable good boxer, can play a good stick.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xliii. 385 The Colonel plays a good knife and fork at tiffin.

1885 Illustr. London News 28 Nov. 548/1 The dining-hall..where the occupants..played ‘knife and fork’.

1927 C. A. Lindbergh ‘We’ viii. 134 I pulled the flashlight from my belt and was playing it down towards the top of the fog.

1986 New Yorker 10 Feb. 43/1 Letsamao was playing the clutch, keeping the car moving slightly forward.

1992 Disabled & Supportive Carer Autumn 77/1 One can drive along and vary the gentle whine from the transmission by playing the accelerator so that the engine revs rise and fall.

P5. to play a good stick: to play a violin, fiddle, etc., well (cf. sense 11e). Later, with various other verbs, as to shoot a good stick: to do well or be skilled at an activity, esp. one which involves the use of a stick (in various senses).

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > there is much success [phrase] > play one's part well or badly

to play a good stick1741

to be on one's game1920

1741 R. Goadby tr. M. de Cervantes Two Humorous Novels ii. 168 You are admiring the Broom, she plays a good Stick, Musick sooner made, and with less Trouble, nor cheaper was never invented in the World.

?1790 Road to Hymen 24 I plays a good stick on the fiddle, and can dance buttered pease, Margery Cree, and old Roger of Coverley featly.

1824 W. Irving Bold Dragoon in Tales of Traveller I. i. 52 He could swear a good stick himself.

1843 F. Bellew Mem. Griffin II. iv. 79 The captain..fired a capital good stick nevertheless, and knocked the black partridges about, right and left, in great style.

1892 E. Waugh Tufts of Heather 1st Ser. I. 188 The hungry travellers sat down. For about half-an-hour every man of the three ‘played a good stick’, as the old saying goes.

1974 ‘D. Gober’ Black Cop (1993) 149 ‘Man, you shoot a good stick.’.. Rhodes knew that he couldn't spend all his time shooting pool and drinking brew.

2009 J. Amato Once Engineer iv. 47 My old man can shoot a good stick, especially eight ball.

单词	play a good stick
释义	> as lemmas to play a good stick c. transitive. To wield lightly and freely; to keep in motion, esp. to operate or work (an instrument, tool, etc.) skilfully. to play a good stick: to fence well.to play (a good) knife and fork: see knife and fork n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or control > [verb (transitive)] > vigorously play1590 urge1697 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fencing or exercise with sticks or cudgels > fence with sticks or cudgels [verb (intransitive)] stave1663 to play a good stick?a1800 cudgel1840 single-stick1900 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall 3 Thy late Customers, which play more sacks to the mill, haue brought greists or iests at least wise to be ground. 1713 R. Steele Guardian No. 50. ⁋2 The dexterity..consists in playing the razor, with a nimble wrist, mighty near the nose without touching it. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Organ One of these Hydraulic Organs; with two Men..seeming to pump the Water which plays it. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. ix. 64 You hear he plays a good [fiddle-]stick. 1788 J. May Jrnl. 21 July (1873) (modernized text) 88 Five hands at work... Two playing the whipsaw. ?a1800 in Daily News 11 July (1892) 2/5 If..he is a tolerable good boxer, can play a good stick. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xliii. 385 The Colonel plays a good knife and fork at tiffin. 1885 Illustr. London News 28 Nov. 548/1 The dining-hall..where the occupants..played ‘knife and fork’. 1927 C. A. Lindbergh ‘We’ viii. 134 I pulled the flashlight from my belt and was playing it down towards the top of the fog. 1986 New Yorker 10 Feb. 43/1 Letsamao was playing the clutch, keeping the car moving slightly forward. 1992 Disabled & Supportive Carer Autumn 77/1 One can drive along and vary the gentle whine from the transmission by playing the accelerator so that the engine revs rise and fall. extracted from playv. to play a good stick P5. to play a good stick: to play a violin, fiddle, etc., well (cf. sense 11e). Later, with various other verbs, as to shoot a good stick: to do well or be skilled at an activity, esp. one which involves the use of a stick (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > there is much success [phrase] > play one's part well or badly to play a good stick1741 to be on one's game1920 1741 R. Goadby tr. M. de Cervantes Two Humorous Novels ii. 168 You are admiring the Broom, she plays a good Stick, Musick sooner made, and with less Trouble, nor cheaper was never invented in the World. ?1790 Road to Hymen 24 I plays a good stick on the fiddle, and can dance buttered pease, Margery Cree, and old Roger of Coverley featly. 1824 W. Irving Bold Dragoon in Tales of Traveller I. i. 52 He could swear a good stick himself. 1843 F. Bellew Mem. Griffin II. iv. 79 The captain..fired a capital good stick nevertheless, and knocked the black partridges about, right and left, in great style. 1892 E. Waugh Tufts of Heather 1st Ser. I. 188 The hungry travellers sat down. For about half-an-hour every man of the three ‘played a good stick’, as the old saying goes. 1974 ‘D. Gober’ Black Cop (1993) 149 ‘Man, you shoot a good stick.’.. Rhodes knew that he couldn't spend all his time shooting pool and drinking brew. 2009 J. Amato Once Engineer iv. 47 My old man can shoot a good stick, especially eight ball. extracted from stickn.¹ < as lemmas
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