| 单词 | to cast one's cap at |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cast one's cap at 9. Phrases. †to cast one's cap at: to show indifference to, give up for lost. †to come, fall under, lie in one's cap: to occur to, be in one's mind. to put on one's thinking or considering cap: to take time for thinking over something. the cap fits: the description or remark suits or is felt to suit (a particular person). to pull caps: to quarrel, wrangle, struggle together (? in a noisy or undignified way). to set one's cap at: (colloquial) said of a woman who sets herself to gain the affections of a man. †to have one's cap set, to have (enough) under one's cap: to be intoxicated. to throw up one's cap: i.e. in token of joy. †if your cap be of wool: as sure as your cap is of wool. And other obvious proverbial phrases, such as my cap is better at ease than my head, ready as a borrower's cap, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > be indifferent or show indifference to [verb (transitive)] keepc1175 to give (little, nought, etc.) ofc1300 care1526 to cast one's cap at1546 value1591 slight1618 perfunctorize1866 not to give (also care) a fuck1879 to give a motherfuck1967 the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > think about, consider [verb (intransitive)] thinkOE thinkOE bethinka1200 umthinka1300 to have mind ofc1300 casta1340 studya1375 delivera1382 to chew the cudc1384 to take advisementa1393 stema1400 compassc1400 advisec1405 deliberc1405 to make it wisec1405 to take deliberationc1405 enter?a1413 riddlec1426 hovec1440 devise?c1450 to study by (also in) oneself?c1450 considerc1460 porec1500 regard1523 deliberate1543 to put on one's thinking or considering cap1546 contemplate1560 consult1565 perpend1568 vise1568 to consider of1569 weigh1573 ruminate1574 dascanc1579 to lay to (one's) heart1588 pondera1593 debate1594 reflect1596 comment1597 perponder1599 revolvea1600 rumine1605 consider on, upon1606 to think twice1623 reflex1631 spell1645 ponderatea1652 to turn about1725 to cast a thought, a reflection upon1736 to wake over1771 incubatea1847 mull1857 fink1888 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > come to mind, occur [verb (intransitive)] comeeOE runOE to come to mindOE occur?a1500 to move to mind?a1525 to come, fall under, lie in one's cap1546 to take (a person) in the head1565 present1585 overpass1591 to come in upon a person1638 suggest1752 to come up1889 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > be drunk bewetc1400 to be in beer1532 to have one's cap set1546 to have a pot in the pate1655 to be bit by a barn weasel1673 to have been in the sun1770 to have been in the sunshine1818 to have (also get) the sun in one's eyes1841 to have a brick in one's hat1847 stimulate1882 to beer up1892 to be (the) worse for liquor1893 to have a few1903 to have a heat on1912 the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice or exult [verb (intransitive)] > throw one's cap in the air to throw up one's cap1546 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > of course, certainly [phrase] > beyond question (as) sure as ——a1413 if your cap be of wool1546 as sure as a club1584 (as) sure as a guna1640 (as) sure as God made little apples1796 you can gamble on that1862 no matter how (or whichever way, etc.) you slice it1936 that's for sure1971 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > be suitable, appropriate, or suit [verb (intransitive)] > have an appropriate name or description to brook a name (well)1587 the cap fits1754 the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > flirt with [verb (transitive)] > try determinedly to gain (someone's) affections to set one's cap at1773 to throw oneself at the head of1782 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > seek in marriage [verb (transitive)] > attempt to gain as husband to set one's cap at1773 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vii. sig. K My cap is better at ease than my hed. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 824/2 Hauing cast their caps into ye winde (as the prouerbe is) thinke no harme can touch them. 1582 Long Meg of Westminster iii. 6 Vicar..I'le make thee pay every farthing, if thy cap be of wooll. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. i. 196 He that casts not vp his cap for ioie. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. ii. 108 The answer is as ready as a borowed cap. View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Prendre La pluye le prendra, he will be well whitled, his cap will be set. 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? vii. 61 Goe cast your Cap then at Peters Primacy from, confirming his Brethren. a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub ii. ii. 107 in Wks. (1640) III You will answer it, and your Cap be of wooll. View more context for this quotation 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 42 They fall backe, and put on their considering caps. a1659 F. Osborne Observ. Turks (1673) Pref. 4 It lies not in my Cap to apprehend. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 52 He..casts his Cap, At the Court and her Cares. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 47 It fell not under every ones Cap to give so good Advice. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 202 The Reasons of his Decree were special, and such as came not under every Cap. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 99 Oh, he was such a beauty!..they would pull caps for him! a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) II. v. 188 Mr. Miller, to shew the Cap fitted him, made a Stroke with his Cane..at me. 1754 S. Richardson Let. 12 Sept. (1804) v. 27 She scrupled not..to pull caps in good-humoured roguery. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer i. 7 Instead of breaking my heart at his indifference, I'll..set my cap to some newer fashion, and look out for some less difficult admirer. 1786 ‘P. Pindar’ Lyric Odes for 1785 (new ed.) x. 29 Our lofty Duchesses pull caps, And give each other's, reputations raps. 1806 ‘P. Pindar’ Tristia 162 Seven cities of the Grecian world Pull'd wigs, pull'd caps. 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master iii. 55 If the cap fits him, he may wear it. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XI lxxxi. 143 Some who once set their caps at cautious Dukes. 1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Jan. 142 Men are exhorted to struggle and pull caps. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) iii. 20 That girl is setting her cap at you. 1854 T. De Quincey On War in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 274 They could not have caused a war by pulling caps with each other. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 76 If anybody shows himself offended, he'll put the cap on for himself. < as lemmas |
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