单词 | to make game of |
释义 | > as lemmasto make (a) game of (also at, †on) b. to make (a) game of (also at, †on): to make fun of; to make an object of ridicule or amusement. Also †to make one's game. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > banter [verb (transitive)] > make fun of to have (also i-do) (something) to gameeOE to make (a) game of (also at, on)?c1250 overmirtha1400 sporta1533 to make a sport of1535 to make (up) a lip1546 to give one a (or the) gleek1567 to make a May game of1569 to play with a person's nose1579 to make merry over (also with)1621 game1699 to make fun of1732 hit1843 ?c1250 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 109 (MED) Of þe king he [sc. the Jews] meden game. c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 18 Hym þynkeþ not ynow to despise in his herte oþere þat han not þe graces þat he weneþ haue, but makeþ his game and scorneþ. a1500 tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy (Cambr.) l. 226 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 88 When y speke, after my best avise, ye set it at nought, but make therof a game. a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) lxvi. 22 Vengeaunce shall fall on thy disdain That makest but game on ernest pain. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 717 You would laugh and make a game of mee, as if I had overdunke my selfe, and taken one cup to many. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1331 Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels On my refusal to distress me more, Or make a game of my calamities? View more context for this quotation 1718 J. Ozell tr. J. F. Regnard & C. Dufresny Fair of St. Germain Prol. Am I crooked or blind, that you make Game of me thus. 1745 in D. Mackinnon Origin & Services Coldstream Guards (1833) II. App. 341 If the militia are reviewed to-morrow by his Majesty, the soldiers of the three regiments of Guards are to behave civilly, and not to laugh or make any game of them. 1757 J. Buchanan Linguæ Britannicæ Vera Pronunciatio Flout, to mock, jeer, or make game at a person. a1810 S. Trimmer Two Farmers (1829) 26 Mrs. Mills..made great game of her and her husband. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vi. 72 She had all the talents which qualified her..to make game of his scruples. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 211 They fancied that Ctesippus was making game of them. 1905 H. G. Wells Kipps in Pall Mall Mag. Nov. 640/2 Thanking you kindly, but I don't have no butcher-boys making game at [1st book ed. of] me. 1919 F. S. Faust Riders of Silences (1920) xviii. 144 She cried with a little burst of rage: ‘Pierre, you are making a game of me!’ 1957 W. Bridges-Adams Irresistible Theatre ii. xxiv. 276 It is all too easy to make game of such plays by strictly factual narration and by quoting whatever seems excessively pretentious or absurd. 1989 P. D. Goldsmith When I rise cryin' Holy iv. 81 There are still a few people who will giggle, laugh, or openly make game at you if you get excited in the church. 2002 B. Miller Pretender iv. 54 Juliet started to get angry when she began to suspect Draco was making game of her, but what could she do? < as lemmas |
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