| 单词 | to knock for a loop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto knock for a loop f. In a ‘centrifugal railway’ or the like: That portion of the path which forms a circuit, along the upper portion of which the passenger travels head downwards. Also, a similar path described by an aeroplane. (Cf. loop v.1 6) to knock for a loop [knock v. 6e] and variants. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > aerobatics > [noun] > stunt > specific loop1900 looping1914 barrel roll1917 falling leaf1917 renversement1918 vrille1918 slow roll1923 slow-rolling1923 aileron roll1924 flick roll1928 wing-over1928 lazy eight1930 bunt1932 aileron turn1942 victory roll1942 rollover1945 twinkle roll1962 rollback1978 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > suddenly or severely windshake1614 to knock for a loop1936 whiplash1957 sock1978 1900 Sci. Amer. 22 Sept. 186/1 [The car] plunges down the incline of 75 feet,..whirls round the loop, and reaches the station after running up a heavy grade. 1913 Aeroplane 25 Sept. 350/2 M. Pégoud succeeded in looping the loop completely. 1914 Aeroplane 12 Mar. 284/2 Mr. Hucks..first flew his two-seater, and later on the ‘looper’ at 700 feet, made one loop. 1923 Cosmopolitan Apr. 84/1 It took Hurricane Sherlock just two boisterous rounds to smite 12-Punch O'Bernstein ‘for a loop’, as Hurricane put it. 1936 J. G. Brandon Pawnshop Murder v. 46 Something had happened which had knocked even the imperturbable Wibley for the loop. 1968 J. Wainwright Web of Silence 126 Have you lost your marbles, Pewter?.. Have you gone for a complete loop? 1969 E. Ambler Intercom Conspiracy (1970) vi. 110 I was really confused. That memorandum threw me for a loop. 1971 Country Life 18 Feb. 374/2 It was over Tewkesbury that I pointed my nose at the Mill and did my first loop. 1973 D. Ramsay Deadly Discretion 153 That little charade of hers had knocked him for a loop. < as lemmas |
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