| 单词 | stall off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstall off a. stall off: an act of stalling off (see stall v.2 2); an evasive story or trick. slang. More recently, without off. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] > delaying tactics ambage1546 stall off1819 delaying tactic1867 waiting race1868 waiting game1890 foot-dragging1947 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > evasion or subterfuge > instance of evasionc1425 subterfuge1563 elusion1608 firk1611 subterfugy1637 stall off1819 get-off1824 stall1945 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > an evasion, subterfuge > in order to put off doff1606 stall off1819 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 212 Stall off,.. generally it means a pretence, excuse, or prevarication—as a person..entering into some plausible story, to excuse himself, his hearers or accusers would say, O yes, that's a good stall off. 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 41 They are never at a loss for a stall. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 424/1 Women [fortune-tellers] who go about with a basket and a bit of driss (lace) in it, gammy lace, for a stall-off (a blind), in case they meet the master. 1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary xvii. 156 If it was a stall, dont common sense tell you I'd have invented a better one? 1939 E. S. Gardner D.A. draws Circle (1940) vii. 98 ‘Sometimes when he'd be working, I'd take meals up to him. I think that was just a stall.’ ‘You mean the meals were for someone else?’ ‘Yes.’ to stall off 2. to stall off. extracted from stallv.2 a. To get rid of by evasive tactics, a trick, plausible tale or the like; also, in sporting parlance, to keep the upper hand of (a competitor). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade > treat with evasion to put by1618 to put off1630 stave1646 parry1687 to pass off1811 to stall off1819 to stand off1871 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > treat cunningly [verb (transitive)] > evade by cunning to stall off1819 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > dispose of fraudulently put1603 to bob off1605 to put off1612 impose1650 palm1679 sham1681 cog1721 slur1749 pawn1763 to play off1768 to pass off1799 to work off1813 to stall off1819 to fob off1894 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. (at cited word) To avoid or escape any impending evil or punishment by means of artifice, submission, bribe, or otherwise, is also called stalling it off. 1821 Sporting Mag. 8 151 The hardy mountaineer would not be stalled off. 1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon III. viii. 157 [He] did his best..to..stall off the awful truth with discreet shrugs and simpers. 1883 Daily News 12 Sept. 6/1 To-day she ran very fast, but could not stall off the challenge by Florence, who won very easily at last. 1905 Athenæum 7 Oct. 464/2 His very preface should have stalled off denunciations of this kind. b. To get off or extricate (a person) by artifice. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > rescue or deliver (from) [verb (transitive)] > by artifice to stall off1819 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > treat cunningly [verb (transitive)] > extricate (a person) by cunning to stall off1819 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. (at cited word) To extricate a person from any dilemma or save him from disgrace, is called stalling him off. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham III. xix. 331 Plant your stumps, Master Guinea Pig; you are going to stall off the Daw's baby in prime twig, eh? < as lemmas |
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