| 单词 | to hunt grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hunt grass ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall down or from erect position > specifically of person or animal to light lowc1225 wendc1300 to seek to the earth or groundc1330 tumblea1375 stretchc1400 to take a fall1413 to blush to the eartha1500 to come down1603 to go to grassa1640 to be floored1826 to take a spilla1845 to come (fall, get) a cropper1858 to hunt grass1872 to come (also have) a buster1874 to hit the deck1954 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It xlvii. 303 When you get in with your left I hunt grass every time. 1894 Phrenol. Jrnl. Nov. 241/1 There is nothing so fatal to a good impression as what may be called, in the beautiful vernacular of the West, ‘hunting grass’; that is, getting tumbled over and having to scramble around to find out where you are. 1906 Wide World Mag. Aug. 495/1 In the seventh round ‘Curly’ sent ‘Doc’ to hunt grass twice. < as lemmas |
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