| 单词 | the whole shebang |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe whole shebang 2. ‘More widely, almost any matter of present concern; thing; business; as, tired of the whole shebang’ ( Funk's Stand. Dict. 1895). Frequently in the whole shebang (see also sense 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > business claiming attention > an occupation or affair charec897 matter?c1225 journeya1352 affairc1390 notea1400 incident1485 concernment1495 actiona1500 business1524 concern1680 job1680 ploya1689 show1797 game1812 caper1839 pigeon dropping1850 shebang1869 hoodoo1876 racket1880 palaver1899 scene1964 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. to Publishers (1967) 26 I like the book, I like you and your style and your business vim, and believe the chebang will be a success. 1904 W. N. Harben Georgians ix. 88 I sold out my shebang, put the money in my pocket. 1924 H. Crane Let. 5 Dec. (1965) 196 I am growing more and more sick of factions, gossip, jealousies, recriminations, excoriations and the whole literary shee-bang. 1933 E. E. Cummings Let. 13 Sept. (1969) 124 Camels placidly nibble the whole shebang, not merely the smallish but the spike thorns. 1948 V. Palmer Golconda xiv. 109 I've..seen him standing up there on one of those outcrops overlooking the company's buildings as if he'd like to call down fire from heaven on the whole shebang. 1967 Boston Sunday Herald 7 May iv. 5/2 You can't get rid of the feeling..that the people in charge of the shebang are far more pessimistic and confused than they were the last time you were here. 1977 R. E. Megill Introd. Risk Anal. iii. 28 The standard deviation is then calculated by dividing the total number of wells, N, into the sum of all the group deviations..and then taking the square root of the whole shebang. < as lemmas |
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