英语词汇“to dice with death”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. intransitive. To play or gamble with dice. In extended use (figurative): to take great risks, esp. in to dice with death. Frequently in Motoring contexts.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > face danger [verb (intransitive)] > risk oneself > run or take risks

dicec1440

to put one's finger in the fire1546

hazardc1550

venture1560

to jeopard a joint1563

to venture a joint1570

to run (also take) a (also the) risk (also risks)1621

danger1672

risk1767

gamble1802

to ride a tiger1902

to stick (also put) one's neck out1926

to lead with one's chin1949

to tickle the dragon('s tail)1964

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > play at dice [verb (intransitive)]

taveleOE

dicec1440

rifle1590

to shake the elbow1705

jeff1837

to touch ivory1864

to roll (the, them) bones1891

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 121 Dycyn, or pley wythe dycys, aleo.

1519 Presentments of Juries in Surtees Misc. (1890) 32 Latt no manservauntes dysse nor carde in ther howsses.

1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. B.iiii^v Thei hauke, they hunt, thei card, they dyce.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. iii. 15 I was..vertuous enough, swore little, dic't not aboue seuen times a weeke.

1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 253 If th' old man dice, th' heire in long coats will doe The like.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 97 The Dick Talbot who had diced and revelled with Grammont.

figurative.1941 Prince Chula Chakrabongse Dick Seaman xiv. 357 Racing motorists usually referred to driving in a race as either ‘cracking’ or ‘dicing’, the latter word having been derived from the journalists' former habit of writing about their being ‘speed demons dicing with death’.1969 Observer 23 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 24/1 On the M1 or the M4 a lot of them try to dice with us... You'll get the bod who will come up behind you, an Aston Martin, a Sprite, a Mini Cooper, and they'll be flashing their lights to get by you.1971 Daily Tel. 29 Jan. 3/8 [He] had been ‘dicing’ along the road with the driver of another car. They were trying to ‘carve each other up’ after a motoring incident a mile away.

单词	to dice with death
释义	> as lemmas to dice with death a. intransitive. To play or gamble with dice. In extended use (figurative): to take great risks, esp. in to dice with death. Frequently in Motoring contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > face danger [verb (intransitive)] > risk oneself > run or take risks dicec1440 to put one's finger in the fire1546 hazardc1550 venture1560 to jeopard a joint1563 to venture a joint1570 to run (also take) a (also the) risk (also risks)1621 danger1672 risk1767 gamble1802 to ride a tiger1902 to stick (also put) one's neck out1926 to lead with one's chin1949 to tickle the dragon('s tail)1964 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > play at dice [verb (intransitive)] taveleOE dicec1440 rifle1590 to shake the elbow1705 jeff1837 to touch ivory1864 to roll (the, them) bones1891 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 121 Dycyn, or pley wythe dycys, aleo. 1519 Presentments of Juries in Surtees Misc. (1890) 32 Latt no manservauntes dysse nor carde in ther howsses. 1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. B.iiii^v Thei hauke, they hunt, thei card, they dyce. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. iii. 15 I was..vertuous enough, swore little, dic't not aboue seuen times a weeke. View more context for this quotation 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 253 If th' old man dice, th' heire in long coats will doe The like. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 97 The Dick Talbot who had diced and revelled with Grammont. figurative.1941 Prince Chula Chakrabongse Dick Seaman xiv. 357 Racing motorists usually referred to driving in a race as either ‘cracking’ or ‘dicing’, the latter word having been derived from the journalists' former habit of writing about their being ‘speed demons dicing with death’.1969 Observer 23 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 24/1 On the M1 or the M4 a lot of them try to dice with us... You'll get the bod who will come up behind you, an Aston Martin, a Sprite, a Mini Cooper, and they'll be flashing their lights to get by you.1971 Daily Tel. 29 Jan. 3/8 [He] had been ‘dicing’ along the road with the driver of another car. They were trying to ‘carve each other up’ after a motoring incident a mile away. extracted from dicev. < as lemmas
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