| 单词 | to hold one's whist |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hold one's whist 2. Silence: in to hold one's whist, to keep silence. Irish English. (Cf. whisht n. 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > lose the voice [verb (intransitive)] > not utter to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175 to hold (also have, keep) one's peacea1275 peacec1395 muffa1500 to put a sock in ita1529 whista1547 to say not muff1652 to hold one's whisht1786 to shut (one's) pan1799 to shut up1840 to hold one's whistc1874 to shut (one's) head, face1876 to wrap up1943 c1874 D. Boucicault Shaughraun (c1884) i. iii. 7/2 Hould your whist now! Wipe your mouth, an' give me a kiss! 1897 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang (at cited word) ‘Hold your whist,’ i.e., hold your tongue, is an Irishism which has passed into English slang. 1898 M. MacDonagh Irish Life 237 'Tis yer brother that's spakin' to yez, and askin' yez to hould yer whist! < as lemmas |
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