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

a. U.S. to go down the river.

(a) (Of a slave) (to be sold and) conveyed to a plantation on the lower Mississippi (see Phrases 5b(a)). Now historical and rare.

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1835 A. Fry Jrnl. Apr. in H. C. Frazier Slavery & Crime in Missouri (2001) 110 A negro man of Mr. Elies, having been sold to go down the river, attempted first to cut off both of his legs, failing to do that, cut his throat, did not entirely take his life, went a short distance and drowned himself.

1847 H. Clay Let. 22 Dec. in Papers (1991) X. 391 I never sold, in my life, any woman and child to go down the river or to go South.

1857 M. G. Browne Autobiogr. Female Slave xxii. 197 They will send me to the South. As the poor slaves say, I'm going down the river.

1893 ‘M. Twain’ in Cent. Mag. Dec. 238/1 Percy Driscoll slept well the night he saved his house-minions from going down the river.

1982 L. H. MacKethan in J. Sekora & D. H. Turner Art of Slave Narr. 66 To go down the river, for a slave, is to watch one's destiny take the darkest imaginable turn.

(b) colloquial. To come to grief, to become irreparably damaged or decayed. Cf. to go down the Swanee at Swanee n. 2. rare.

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1939 ‘E. Queen’ in Blue Bk. Mag. Oct. 18/1 ‘Mike's car's gone down the river.’ ‘I thought the champion was wealthy,’ said Mr. Queen. ‘Not any more.’

1948 C. Rice Big Midget Murders i. 6 If the Casino should go down the river, it meant back to the press agent grind again.

单词	to go down the river
释义	> as lemmas to go down the river a. U.S. to go down the river. (a) (Of a slave) (to be sold and) conveyed to a plantation on the lower Mississippi (see Phrases 5b(a)). Now historical and rare. ΚΠ 1835 A. Fry Jrnl. Apr. in H. C. Frazier Slavery & Crime in Missouri (2001) 110 A negro man of Mr. Elies, having been sold to go down the river, attempted first to cut off both of his legs, failing to do that, cut his throat, did not entirely take his life, went a short distance and drowned himself. 1847 H. Clay Let. 22 Dec. in Papers (1991) X. 391 I never sold, in my life, any woman and child to go down the river or to go South. 1857 M. G. Browne Autobiogr. Female Slave xxii. 197 They will send me to the South. As the poor slaves say, I'm going down the river. 1893 ‘M. Twain’ in Cent. Mag. Dec. 238/1 Percy Driscoll slept well the night he saved his house-minions from going down the river. 1982 L. H. MacKethan in J. Sekora & D. H. Turner Art of Slave Narr. 66 To go down the river, for a slave, is to watch one's destiny take the darkest imaginable turn. (b) colloquial. To come to grief, to become irreparably damaged or decayed. Cf. to go down the Swanee at Swanee n. 2. rare. ΚΠ 1939 ‘E. Queen’ in Blue Bk. Mag. Oct. 18/1 ‘Mike's car's gone down the river.’ ‘I thought the champion was wealthy,’ said Mr. Queen. ‘Not any more.’ 1948 C. Rice Big Midget Murders i. 6 If the Casino should go down the river, it meant back to the press agent grind again. extracted from rivern.¹ < as lemmas
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