| 单词 | to pull up tent-stakes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pull up tent-stakes tent-stake n. U.S. = tent-peg n.; also in figurative phrase to pull up tent-stakes: to close down a business etc.; cf. stake n.1 1e. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > peg tent-pin1763 tent-stake1862 tent-peg1864 peg1879 1862 in F. Moore Rebellion Rec. (1863) V. ii. 156/1 The desolated, hard-trodden ground, and a few tent-stakes, remain to tell the story. 1923 H. Crane Let. 15 Feb. (1965) 123 Broom..has busted; N.Y. office closed last Saturday; March issue, the last, to be distributed from Berlin while the tent-stakes are being pulled up. 1956 H. Gold Man who was not with It (1965) i. 7 The Popcorn Man was throwing canvas over his machine and had it almost covered when a rube heaved a tent-stake. < as lemmas |
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