| 单词 | to make game |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make game c. to make game. extracted from gamen.ΚΠ c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 73 She koude skippe and make game As any kyde or Calf folwynge his dame. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 1011 This artificers..Talken and syng, and make game and play..But we labour in trauaillous stilnesse. (b) To do something in fun or in jest; to make or have fun; (occasionally) to pretend to do something. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [verb (intransitive)] > pretend for fun to make game1870 1754 Universal Advertiser 28 May From your Paper it appears they were only making Game, and cossing the Gentleman all the while. 1785 R. Hunter Jrnl. 20 June in Quebec to Carolina (1943) (modernized text) ii. 60 Some pretty women..called us bougres because we behaved politely to them, though they thought we were making game. 1840 J. Hills tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust 209 Now I 'm quite sure you 're only making game! Are stooping thus but to enjoy my shame! 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood iii. 16 Some of the girls made game to be their brothers. 1918 H. H. Reichard Pennsylvania-German Dial. Writings 239 The sarcastic comment is mingled with such playful humor that it is often difficult to tell whether the writer is in earnest or only making game. < as lemmas |
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