| 单词 | to pack a punch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pack a punch (also wallop) b. transitive. To be capable of delivering (a blow, etc.) with force, or to impressive effect. Esp. in to pack a punch (also wallop). Also figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > have influence [verb (intransitive)] weighc1386 to have, bear, carry, strike a (great, etc.) stroke1531 to hold placea1535 to take place1535 to bear (a or the) sway1549 to have weight1565 say1614 to be no small drinka1774 matter1848 to pack a punch (also wallop)a1938 1912 N.Y. Times 18 Oct. 12/6 Coulon packs a wallop that has sent scores of bantams to dreamland. 1916 J. Lait Beef, Iron, & Wine 263 For a little sucker, he packs a kick in his right what'd jar a buildin'. 1920 E. Hemingway Let. 16 Sept. (2011) I. 242 He has never proved that he is anything but a lightning fast puncher who packs a hell of a wallop. 1921 Brick & Clay Rec. 4 Oct. 525/1 It..is a brick advertisement that ‘packs a punch’. a1938 T. Wolfe Lett. (1956) 45 I think my play ‘The House’ will ‘pack a punch’. 1972 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 Jan. 1/1 The deceptively small, purple pill packs super-concentrated doses of the hallucinatory drug LSD. 2002 N.Y. Mag. 15 Apr. 64/1 A terrifying low-budget thriller that packs a greater wallop than most of the high-priced studio scarefests. < as lemmas |
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