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单词 sleigh-ride
释义

sleigh-riden.

Forms: Also sleighride, sleigh ride.
Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsleigh-ride.
1. A ride in a sleigh. Also figurative.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > a ride in a vehicle > ride in a sleigh
sleigh-ride1770
1770 J. Hiltzheimer Diary 2 Apr. (1893) 20 Took a sleigh ride, the ‘five mile round’, with wife, sister, and son Tommy.
1828 H. J. Finn et al. Whimwhams 22 Such worthy gentlemen happen to remember..a winter's breakfast at a country inn, after a sleigh-ride of ten miles for an appetite.
1849 H. W. Longfellow Kavanagh xii Last week we had a sleigh-ride, with six white horses.
1902 W. D. Hulbert Forest Neighbors (1903) 181 Not even a sleigh-ride on a winter's night can set the live blood dancing as it will dance and tingle up there above the clouds.
1956 E. B. White Let. 14 Jan. (1976) 412 I am cheered up when I see our political giants discovering that the lil ole writing game isn't quite the sleighride they like to think it is.
2. U.S. slang. The action of taking a narcotic drug, usually cocaine; the euphoria resulting from taking a narcotic drug. Usually in to take (go on) a sleigh ride and variants. Cf. snow n.1 5d.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun]
habit1887
misuse1890
sleigh-ride1925
sleigh-riding1934
scoring1967
substance abuse1967
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > effects of drugs > [noun] > drug-induced euphoria
rush1834
sleigh-ride1925
high1944
1925 Flynn's 4 Apr. 818/2 Sleigh-ride, a jab of morphine from a hypodermic syringe, or the resulting state of intoxication.
1928 M. C. Sharpe Chicago May xxxi. 286 Taking a sleigh ride, getting morphine.
1938 D. Castle Do your Own Time xxix. 251 ‘He took to going on sleigh rides.’ ‘No! Where the hell did he get the snow?’
1942 Detective Fiction Apr. 56/2 Julio is very fond of his hop. Anything from the weed to a sniff of snow. Suppose he gets on a big sleigh ride and talks out of turn.
1963 ‘D. Shannon’ Death of Busybody iv. 52 It was just some dope out on a sleigh-ride.
3. U.S. slang. An implausible or false story; a hoax, a deliberate deception. Frequently in to take (someone) for a sleigh ride, to mislead (someone). Cf. ride n.2 Phrases 5 (a).
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [phrase]
to blear the eyesc1325
to play mock-holiday with?1558
on a lock1598
to put the change upon (also on) (a person)1658
to play false1680
to draw (pull, spread) the wool over (a person's) eyes1839
to lead (a person) up the garden (path)1923
to pull a fastie1931
to take (someone) for a sleigh ride1931
to pull a swiftie1945
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > false tale
bam1728
bronze1817
canard1843
bluff1846
sleigh-ride1931
blag1962
1931 G. Irwin Amer. Tramp & Underworld Slang 172 An absolutely impossible or unlikely idea or action, or..the cheating or fleecing of a victim... ‘We gave him a sleigh ride’—we cheated him by a false story or by sharp practice.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §202/2 Incredible story, sleigh ride.
1950 Sun (Baltimore) 13 Mar. 1/1 House Republicans, charging that the taxpayers are being taken for a ‘bureaucratic sleighride’.
1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 486/2 Sleighride, an instance of being cheated, believing a lie, or being taken advantage of. Almost always in the expression ‘taken for a sleighride’.

Derivatives

sleigh-ride v. intransitive (a) to ride in a sleigh; (b) to take a narcotic drug.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > take drugs [verb (intransitive)]
sleigh-ride1845
drug1893
dope1909
to hit the gong, gow, stuff1933
use1951
to get down1952
to turn on1954
goof1962
joy-pop1962
to drop acid1966
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > in a sleigh or sledge
slead1689
sleigh1728
sled1780
sleigh-ride1845
sledge1853
1845 S. Judd Margaret iii. 407 In winter, we sleigh-ride, coast, skate, snow-ball.
1915 G. Bronson-Howard God's Man vi. iii. 376 Whadda you been doing?—sleigh~riding? Stick to the long bamboo, Charley—that snow's awful bad for the imagination.
1949 Summit Valley Times (Argo, Illinois) 1 Dec. 4/3 Santa, who now reigns the Christmas card realm, in 1919 managed to sleighride onto only a handful of cards for children.
1977 H. Waugh Secret Room of Morgate House (1978) xxxiv. 164 Between times they sleighrode, and even walked.
ˈsleigh-rider n.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > drug-user
drug-taker1800
sleigh-rider1833
abuser1847
user1935
joy-popper1936
popper1967
substance abuser1967
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle > rider in sleigh
sleigher1830
sleigh-rider1833
1833 Knickerbocker 1 207 Arrived at the Plains, the sleigh riders stopped at a tavern.
1883 Wheelman 1 434 I was making my first trial of it [sc. a bicycle] in the snow, among the sleigh-riders.
1915 G. Bronson-Howard God's Man vii. i. 409 Petty's kind had been profitable ‘sleigh-riders’ when he provided ‘snow’ on Seventh Avenue.
1929 Detective Fiction Weekly 13 Apr. 599/1 He's a sleigh rider. You know, sniffs coke. Made a fortune writing papers for booze hustlers and has spent every dime of it on snow.
ˈsleigh-riding n.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > riding in a sleigh or sledge
sledding1713
carrioling1769
sleighing1775
sleigh-riding1807
sledging1853
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun]
habit1887
misuse1890
sleigh-ride1925
sleigh-riding1934
scoring1967
substance abuse1967
1807 Salmagundi 24 Jan. 9 He recollects perfectly the time when young ladies used to go a sleigh riding..without their mammas.
1934 C. de Lenoir Hundredth Man i. 13 Sniffing heroin or cocaine is ‘sleigh~riding’.
1982 J. Adair Founding Fathers xii. 267 The New Englanders adopted..skating and sleigh~riding from their Dutch neighbours.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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