| 单词 | to get dibs on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get (etc.) dibs on b. A children's word used to express a claim or option on some object (frequently int.); chiefly in to get (etc.) dibs on (something), to have first claim to. Cf. bags I phr., dubs n.1 U.S. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [interjection] > used to assert a claim dibs1932 society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > claiming as due or right > claim or a demand for something as due > children's expression of dibs1932 society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > claim > have first claim to to get (etc.) dibs on1954 1932 Amer. Speech 7 401 Dibs, interj., an interjection giving option on first chance or place. ‘Dibs on that magazine when you're through.’ ‘Dibs on going with the team if there's room.’ 1943 Amer. Notes & Queries 3 139/1 If a sprout came out of the house with some candy or an apple and saw a couple of friends who might have an interest in his prize, the only sensible thing for him to do was to cry ‘No dibs!’ before they could say ‘I/We got dibs!’ 1953 L. M. Uris Battle Cry iii. i. 197 Two bottles of beer were issued to all enlisted men…‘Dibs on your beer, Mary’. ‘Two lousy bottles, can they spare it?’ 1954 E. Eager Half Magic iv. 69 You always get dibs on first 'cause you're the oldest. 1985 New Yorker 29 Apr. 71/3 Patterson took care to remember..which upstream banks had dibs on which borrowers. < as lemmas |
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