| 单词 | to make the riffle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make the riffle to make the riffle: to be successful in an attempt or undertaking. Also occasionally in literal sense: to cross a rapid. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > prosper or be successful speed993 achievec1300 provec1300 edifya1400 chevise14.. exploit1477 cottonc1560 fadge1611 through1675 to make the riffle1853 arrive1889 society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > across passc1300 transfrete1548 transfleeta1600 transwaft1624 to make the riffle1887 1853 F. A. Buck Let. 31 Dec. in Yankee Trader in Gold Rush (1930) 130 ‘Madam La Marquise’..built a splendid saloon, opened and flourished for about two months but couldn't make the riffle. 1873 ‘M. Twain’ & C. D. Warner Gilded Age xxxi. 279 There's old Balaam, was in the Interior—..he's made the riffle on the Injun; great Injun pacificator and land-dealer. 1887 M. Roberts Western Avernus 202 Fighting the stream at intervals, but ‘making the riffle’, or crossing the rapid. 1911 R. D. Saunders Col. Todhunter i. 19 I aint got no business doin' that, but I'll try if I can make the riffle. 1950 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 14 Feb. 8/1 [The] Rexroat girls [were] doing their best trying to win first in the basketball tournament but they couldn't quite make the riffle. 1999 A. Proulx Close Range 51 Had to live on rodeo we couldn't make the riffle, could we, baby? < as lemmas |
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