| 单词 | to be in lumber |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be in lumber b. Phrases. to put to lumber: to put in pawn or pledge. to be in lumber (slang): to be imprisoned; also, to be in trouble. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (transitive)] > pawn to give (also have, lay, put, take) to pledgec1384 to set, put, lay to or in wedc1384 engage1525 pawn1570 to lay (up) in lavender1584 impawn1598 oppignorate1622 pignorate1623 dip1640 to put to lumber1671 vamp1699 pop1731 sweatc1800 spout1811 lumber1819 up the spout1819 hock1878 soak1882 to put away1887 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > be imprisoned [verb (intransitive)] wake1338 to lie by ita1644 to be in lumber1819 fall1874 to partake of (or enjoy) His (or Her) Majesty's hospitality1894 to go down1906 the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)] tholec897 pinea1225 steada1300 endure1340 to well in woea1350 labourc1450 concernc1592 to have a good (bad, etc.) time (of it, formerly on it)1647 to have the wind in one's face1649 to be on (also at) the receiving end1909 to feel the draught1925 to have (one's) ass in a sling1960 to be in lumber1965 1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ (at cited word) To put one's Clothes to Lumbar, pignori dare. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. (at cited word) A man..sent to gaol is said to be lumbered, to be in lumber, or to be in Lombard-Street. 1963 ‘J. Prescot’ Case for Hearing viii. 125 My poor old dad was in and out of lumber all his life. 1965 A. Prior Interrogators xi. 202 We're out on a limb hoping for a confession, and if we don't get it we're in dead lumber. 1967 ‘M. Carroll’ Begotten Murder iv. 104 It rather looks to me as if someone is trying to get Susan in lumber. 1972 L. Henderson Cage until Tame vi. 43 I've got to keep at it. Break my bloody leg or something stupid like that and I'm in lumber. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。