| 单词 | to give it a burl |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give it a burl 2. Also birl. An attempt, a try, a test; esp. in to give it a burl, to make an attempt. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] fanda1225 procurea1325 assay1370 workc1384 to put oneself in pressc1390 purchasec1400 buskc1450 study1483 fend15.. try1534 enterprise1547 to make an attempt?c1550 to give the venture1589 prove1612 nixuriate1623 to lay out1659 essay1715 to bring (also carry, drive, etc.) one's pigs to market1771 to have (or take or give) a crack1836 to make an out1843 to go to market1870 to give it a burl1917 to have a bash (at)1950 1917 Chrons. N.Z.E.F. 16 May 137/2 So up they [pennies] went and spinning well And betters cried, ‘Fair “burl”!’ 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 8 Nov. 20/4 He [a whale] decided to give the launch a birl. He butted it frequently with his nose. 1939 K. Tennant Foveaux iv. i. 348 How about giving it a burl? 1947 D. M. Davin For Rest of Lives xlv. 227 I thought I'd give it a burl. And I made it, got clean away. 1955 D. Niland Shiralee 108 I'm going to give Eucla a birl. Want to get there as soon as I can. 1969 Private Eye 23 May 14 Might as well give this mead another burl. < as lemmas |
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