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

g. intransitive. Originally U.S. To raise the hands above the head, when held at gunpoint. Usually in to reach for the sky (also roof, stars, etc.).

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society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] > surrender > raise hands in surrender

to reach for the sky (also roof, stars, etc.)1906

1906 Aberdeen (South Dakota) Daily News 4 Sept. 8 (headline) Hold-up men compelled him to reach for the sky while they rifled his pockets.

1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor ii. 25 Now reach for the roof.

1927 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Dec. 6/3 I reached for the stars pronto, without even turning my head.

1931 W. James Sun Up 42 ‘Stick em up,’ I says... One of 'em flinches some but finally reaches for the sky.

1964 in R. D. Abrahams Deep down in Jungle ii. iv. 165 Jesse James said, ‘Everybody reach, and reach in the air. And put that money in the sack there.’

1966 D. Wagoner Traveling Light 18 He felt like breaking a bank or jumping over a railing Into some panicky teller's cage to shout, ‘Reach for the ceiling!’

2001 G. D. Gold Carter beats Devil 434 The man stepped over the corpse and walked, guns extended... Where was the excited command to reach for the sky?

P8. to reach (also aim) for the stars: to have lofty ambitions; to aim high.

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1819 A. Reed No Fiction I. iv. 48 ‘He who aims at the stars will certainly shoot farther than he who aims at the pebbles beneath his feet’; and our young friends, if they did not reach all they designed, yet made rapid and important attainments.]

1878 National Q. Rev. July 164 Art remained at all times a child, with the child's vague dreams of grandeur and impotent reaching for the stars.

1937 Scotsman 28 July 12/5 Mr Gladstone..counselled his youthful listeners to aim for the stars through life.

1995 Menz Mar. 45 (heading) Daniel Baldwin cops an attitude, but aims for the stars.

2014 Day (New London, Connecticut) (Nexis) 10 Dec. Many a child has been told by a parent or teacher to ‘follow their dreams’ or ‘reach for the stars’.

单词	reach for the stars
释义	> as lemmas to reach for the sky (also roof, stars, etc.) g. intransitive. Originally U.S. To raise the hands above the head, when held at gunpoint. Usually in to reach for the sky (also roof, stars, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] > surrender > raise hands in surrender to reach for the sky (also roof, stars, etc.)1906 1906 Aberdeen (South Dakota) Daily News 4 Sept. 8 (headline) Hold-up men compelled him to reach for the sky while they rifled his pockets. 1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor ii. 25 Now reach for the roof. 1927 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Dec. 6/3 I reached for the stars pronto, without even turning my head. 1931 W. James Sun Up 42 ‘Stick em up,’ I says... One of 'em flinches some but finally reaches for the sky. 1964 in R. D. Abrahams Deep down in Jungle ii. iv. 165 Jesse James said, ‘Everybody reach, and reach in the air. And put that money in the sack there.’ 1966 D. Wagoner Traveling Light 18 He felt like breaking a bank or jumping over a railing Into some panicky teller's cage to shout, ‘Reach for the ceiling!’ 2001 G. D. Gold Carter beats Devil 434 The man stepped over the corpse and walked, guns extended... Where was the excited command to reach for the sky? extracted from reachv.¹ to reach (also aim) for the stars P8. to reach (also aim) for the stars: to have lofty ambitions; to aim high. ΚΠ 1819 A. Reed No Fiction I. iv. 48 ‘He who aims at the stars will certainly shoot farther than he who aims at the pebbles beneath his feet’; and our young friends, if they did not reach all they designed, yet made rapid and important attainments.] 1878 National Q. Rev. July 164 Art remained at all times a child, with the child's vague dreams of grandeur and impotent reaching for the stars. 1937 Scotsman 28 July 12/5 Mr Gladstone..counselled his youthful listeners to aim for the stars through life. 1995 Menz Mar. 45 (heading) Daniel Baldwin cops an attitude, but aims for the stars. 2014 Day (New London, Connecticut) (Nexis) 10 Dec. Many a child has been told by a parent or teacher to ‘follow their dreams’ or ‘reach for the stars’. extracted from starn.¹ < as lemmas
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