| 单词 | box-up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbox-up 23. Australian and New Zealand. A mixing up of different flocks of sheep or herds of cattle. Also in box-up: a mixing up of this kind; (hence) a state of confusion or muddle. Cf. box v.2 12 and to box up 3 at box v.2 Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding > separating or mixing sheep shedding1832 box1868 boxing1869 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder feery-fary1535 puddle1587 bauchle1600 vertigo1702 whemmel1817 mull1821 mix-up1841 scrimmage1852 embroilment1856 hash-up1860 brangle1865 mucker1867 unplight1876 car wreck1877 mix1882 mess-up1902 stirabout1905 pot mess1914 boorach1928 balls-up1929 muck-up1930 balls1938 box1941 Chinese fire drill1943 snafu1943 foul-up1944 screw-up1950 snarl-up1960 tiswas1960 bumble-bath1965 clusterfuck1969 headfuck1983 car crash1992 katogo1994 dumpster fire2008 1868 C. W. Browne Overlanding in Austral. 20 Suddenly the leading sheep in A.'s mob..charges straight at B.'s followed by all his companions... This is a box, and it has occurred through the negligence of both parties. 1872 C. H. Eden My Wife & I in Queensland iii. 67 Great care must of course be taken that no two flocks come into collision, for a ‘box’, as it is technically called, causes an infinity of trouble. 1941 S. J. Baker N.Z. Slang v. 39 A box-up, a state of confusion. 1989 B. Richards Pioneer's Life 271 I usually stayed in the lead to guard against overtaking another mob and having a ‘box up’. 1998 M. Keenan Horses too are Gone 77 Stock route box ups are never very serious. Like most animals cattle have a natural instinct for bonding with their own herd and are easily sorted out on horseback. < as lemmas |
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