英语词汇“to give the double”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

6. A sharp turn in running, as of a hunted hare; also, of a river; figurative an evasive turn or shift in action, argument, etc. to give (one) the double: to give the slip, evade by stratagem. Slang phrase to come the double, to act in a treacherous or evasive manner; to put a double on (a person), to double-cross. See also quot. 1914.

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1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Eiij With what care, He [sc. the hare] crankes and crosses with a thousand doubles.

a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize iii. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ppppp/1 All their arch-villanies, and all their dobles, Which are more then a hunted Hare ere thought on.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 96. ⁋14 The quick retreats and active doubles which Falsehood always practised.

1813 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 79 A fellow who had tipped the double to some bailiffs.

1820 W. Scott Monastery I. v. 169 At every double of the river the shadows..obscured, the eastern bank.

1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms II. xiii. 209 I didn't know myself that your Kate had come the double on you.

1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 29 Double, a conspiracy to deceive or defraud a victim; the ‘double-cross’. Example: He got the double.

1923 E. Wallace Missing Million xvii. 143 And I ask you..if you would think a girl who could write as this young lady wrote to me, would put a double on me as she did.

单词	to give the double
释义	> as lemmas to give (one) the double 6. A sharp turn in running, as of a hunted hare; also, of a river; figurative an evasive turn or shift in action, argument, etc. to give (one) the double: to give the slip, evade by stratagem. Slang phrase to come the double, to act in a treacherous or evasive manner; to put a double on (a person), to double-cross. See also quot. 1914. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > bend bight1481 double1594 trenda1640 wimple1818 1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Eiij With what care, He [sc. the hare] crankes and crosses with a thousand doubles. a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize iii. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ppppp/1 All their arch-villanies, and all their dobles, Which are more then a hunted Hare ere thought on. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 96. ⁋14 The quick retreats and active doubles which Falsehood always practised. 1813 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 79 A fellow who had tipped the double to some bailiffs. 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. v. 169 At every double of the river the shadows..obscured, the eastern bank. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms II. xiii. 209 I didn't know myself that your Kate had come the double on you. 1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 29 Double, a conspiracy to deceive or defraud a victim; the ‘double-cross’. Example: He got the double. 1923 E. Wallace Missing Million xvii. 143 And I ask you..if you would think a girl who could write as this young lady wrote to me, would put a double on me as she did. extracted from doublen. < as lemmas
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