| 单词 | to draw blank |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto draw (a wood, covert, etc.) blank b. Hunting. to draw (a wood, covert, etc.) blank: to search (a wood, covert, etc.) for game or a quarry without success. Also to draw blank: (of a wood, covert, etc.) to yield no game or quarry. Cf. sense 66. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of persons > in a search to draw (a wood, covert, etc.) blank1828 1828 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 31 Jan. The Worcestershire Hounds met at Upton Snodsbury, with a large field, but did not find, Mr. Parker therefore met yesterday at Goosehill, which he drew blank, likewise Broughton Wood. 1834 R. E. Egerton-Warburton Hunting Songs 7 The man..Whose heart heaves a sigh when his gorse is drawn blank. 1892 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 3 Dec. 29/3 The Laurels..and the Willows all drew blank. 1898 Forest & Stream 29 Oct. 353/1 A couple of thickets were drawn blank and then a track was found in the open pasture. 1936 Times 9 Jan. 4/5 After a long trot back to Sutton Wood hounds drew that covert blank and then went home. to draw blank b. Hunting. to draw (a wood, covert, etc.) blank: to search (a wood, covert, etc.) for game or a quarry without success. Also to draw blank: (of a wood, covert, etc.) to yield no game or quarry. Cf. sense 66. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of persons > in a search to draw (a wood, covert, etc.) blank1828 1828 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 31 Jan. The Worcestershire Hounds met at Upton Snodsbury, with a large field, but did not find, Mr. Parker therefore met yesterday at Goosehill, which he drew blank, likewise Broughton Wood. 1834 R. E. Egerton-Warburton Hunting Songs 7 The man..Whose heart heaves a sigh when his gorse is drawn blank. 1892 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 3 Dec. 29/3 The Laurels..and the Willows all drew blank. 1898 Forest & Stream 29 Oct. 353/1 A couple of thickets were drawn blank and then a track was found in the open pasture. 1936 Times 9 Jan. 4/5 After a long trot back to Sutton Wood hounds drew that covert blank and then went home. < as lemmas |
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