| 单词 | to make a ten-strike |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a ten-strike ten-strike n. in the game of ten-pins, a throw which bowls over all the pins; hence figurative, spec. a success, esp. in to make a ten-strike, to score a success (U.S. colloquial). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > that which is successful > a successful stroke gird1513 feat1564 grand coup1752 coup1791 tour de force1802 hit1811 ten-strike1840 bull's-eye1857 score1901 strike1901 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > ninepins or ten-pins > [noun] > types of shot > strike ten-strike1840 strike1859 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) speed993 achievec1300 escheve?a1400 succeed1509 to turn up trumps1595 fadge1611 to nick ita1637 to hit the mark (also nail, needle, pin)1655 to get on1768 to reap, win one's laurels1819 to go a long way1859 win out1861 score1882 to make it1885 to make a ten-strike1887 to make the grade1912 to make good1914 to bring home the bacon1924 to go places1931 1840 Spirit of Times 11 July 228/1 [This] he says is an extra touch—a ten strike and two spare balls. 1850 Hawthorne in Bridge Pers. Recollect. (1893) 111 I may calculate on what bowlers call a ten-strike. 1887 Scribner's Mag. May 624/1 But I have got the family to consider, and I am in a position now where I can make a ten-strike for it. 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms Ten-strike, where..all the men are bowled over at one throw... Hence..a fortunate occurrence: a thoroughly well done and complete work. 1900 G. Ade Fables in Slang 72 He could tell by the Scared Look of the People in Front that he had made a Ten-Strike. 1949 E. Pound Pisan Cantos (new ed.) lxxxiii. 124 It comes over me that Mr. Walls must be a ten-strike With the signorinas. < as lemmas |
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