| 单词 | to gum the game |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto gum the game c. transitive. figurative. To interfere with the smooth running of (something); to spoil, wreck. Chiefly with up. Frequently in to gum the game, to gum (up) the works. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hinder [verb (transitive)] letc888 shrenchc897 forstanda1000 amarOE disturbc1290 impeachc1380 stopc1380 withstandc1385 hinder1413 accloy1422 hindc1426 to hold abackc1440 appeachc1460 impeditec1535 inhibit1535 obstacle1538 damp1548 trip1548 embarrass1578 dam1582 to clip the wings ofa1593 unhelp1598 uppen1600 straiten1607 rub1608 impediment1610 impedea1616 to put out1616 to put off1631 scote1642 obstruct1645 incommodiate1650 offend1651 sufflaminate1656 hindrance1664 disassist1671 clog1679 muzzle1706 squeeze1804 to take the wind out of the sails of1822 throttle1825 block1844 overslaugh1853 snag1863 gum1901 slow-walk1965 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [verb (intransitive)] > hinder by interference interrupt1412 intervene1649 to break in1657 intercedea1661 to queer the pitch1846 to throw a monkey wrench into the machinery1907 to gum (up) the works1932 to throw a spanner in the works1934 1901 Yale Fun 27 (heading) The plot that was gummed. 1911 L. J. Vance Cynthia 174 You've just about gummed things up good and plenty, that's what you've done. 1915 Dial. Notes 4 222 Gum the game, delay the game. ‘Jack's tactics were to gum the game.’ 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child i. v. 68 It would sure get my goat..to have the old man gum the game for them. 1932 P. G. Wodehouse Hot Water xi. 181 When it comes to you horning into this joint and aiming to gum the works for me..well, that's something else again. 1932 R. Kipling Limits & Renewals 281 The main point, as I read it, is that it makes one—not so much think—Research is gummed up with thinking—as imagine a bit. 1936 J. Dos Passos Big Money 263 I hope it wasn't me gummed the game. 1938 G. Heyer Blunt Instrument ix. 174 Helen's getting mixed up in it gummed up the works. 1948 ‘M. Westmacott’ Rose & Yew Tree xxii. 183 She hasn't gummed up the works after all. What a relief that will be to her. 1964 Listener 8 Oct. 548/2 Their Land Commission—far from providing more and cheaper houses, would..gum up house-building. < as lemmas |
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