| 单词 | to rip off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto rip off to rip off 1. transitive. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). To perform or accomplish (something), esp. with apparent ease. ΚΠ 1926 J. Black You can't Win ii. 9 Your capable beggar on the street does not say ‘please’. He rips off his spiel in such exact and precise language that you get your dime without it. 1966 Chicago Tribune 19 Mar. v. 8/1 Not everyone can run a mile in 3:51.3 or rip off a Chopin etude, but everyone has the capacity to excel at something. 1986 Sports Illustr. (Electronic text) 11 Aug. 20 Joyner then gathered steam,..ripping off a heptathlon world best in the 200. 1991 J. Marsden Lett. from Inside (1992) 14 He was jumping off the stage into the audience and jumping back up again and ripping off these amazing vocals through it all. 2006 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Electronic ed.) 13 Dec. d6 That was just a preview of the Nuggets' domination in the final quarter, which began with Denver ripping off a 19-2 run. 2. transitive. U.S. slang (chiefly Criminals' slang). Esp. of a man: to have sexual intercourse with, esp. by force; to rape. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > deprive of chastity [verb (transitive)] > rape to do (a) shamec1275 afforcec1330 beforcec1375 misusea1382 oppressa1382 enforcec1386 ravisha1387 forcea1400 betravaila1425 trespass1427 supprisea1450 violatec1450 viole?c1450 stuprate?1526 devour1530 stupre1548 constuprate1550 rape1574 suppress1590 harry1591 constrain1594 abripe1623 obstuprate1658 spoil1678 to rip off1967 ?c1935 in T. Atkinson More Little Dirty Comics (1971) 147 You should have seen it when Mae and meself rips off a chunk. 1942 N. Algren Never come Morning 45 It was almost midnight..'n you couldn't..rip a hunk without it bein' at least twelve-thirty.] 1967 M. Braly On the Yard xiv. 249 Someone will be ripping you off every time you try to take a shower. 1971 G. V. Higgins Friends of Eddie Coyle 126 Nice piece of ass... You ripping off some of that? 1973 Black World Sept. 53 I done shot dope, been to jail, swilled wine, ripped off sisters, passed bad checks. 1974 Guidelines to Volunteer Services (N.Y. State Dept. Correctional Services) 42 Rip off, rape, pull a job. 3. transitive. slang (originally U.S., esp. in African-American use). Cf. rip-off n. a. To steal (something); (also) to embezzle. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)] pick?c1300 takec1300 fetch1377 bribec1405 usurpc1412 rapc1415 to rap and rendc1415 embezzle1495 lifta1529 pilfer1532 suffurate1542 convey?1545 mill1567 prig1567 strike1567 lag1573 shave1585 knave1601 twitch1607 cly1610 asport1621 pinch1632 snapa1639 nap1665 panyar1681 to carry off1684 to pick up1687 thievea1695 to gipsy away1696 bone1699 make1699 win1699 magg1762 snatch1766 to make off with1768 snavel1795 feck1809 shake1811 nail1819 geach1821 pull1821 to run off1821 smug1825 nick1826 abduct1831 swag1846 nobble1855 reef1859 snig1862 find1865 to pull off1865 cop1879 jump1879 slock1888 swipe1889 snag1895 rip1904 snitch1904 pole1906 glom1907 boost1912 hot-stuff1914 score1914 clifty1918 to knock off1919 snoop1924 heist1930 hoist1931 rabbit1943 to rip off1967 to have off1974 1967 Trans-action Apr. 7 The hustler ‘burns’ people for money, but he also ‘rips off’ goods for money; he thieves, and petty thieving is always a familiar hustle. 1970 Time 22 June 52/3 For extra, unanticipated personal needs, he ‘rips off’—or steals. 1971 It 4–18 Nov. 3/5 An analysis of 800 documents ripped off from the Pennsylvania FBI office. 1977 New Yorker 9 May 34/2 First he owned an Atala, but it got ripped off, so he bought a Peugeot. 1981 ‘A. Cross’ Death in Faculty viii. 90 Soldiers are always ripping things off, from their own outfit, from the enemy, everything. 1991 R. Lipsyte Brave iv. 35 You let yourself get picked up by two hustlers who ripped off your backpack and your wallet. 2004 T. Henighan Mercury Man viii. 112 Did his mother really want to hear that..Nat Spivack was ripping off stereos in the suburbs? b. To exploit (someone) financially; to cheat or defraud; to rob; to deceive. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle defraud1362 deceivec1380 plucka1500 lurch1530 defeata1538 souse1545 lick1548 wipe1549 fraud1563 use1564 cozen1573 nick1576 verse1591 rooka1595 trim1600 skelder1602 firk1604 dry-shave1620 fiddle1630 nose1637 foista1640 doa1642 sharka1650 chouse1654 burn1655 bilk1672 under-enter1692 sharp1699 stick1699 finger1709 roguea1714 fling1749 swindle1773 jink1777 queer1778 to do over1781 jump1789 mace1790 chisel1808 slang1812 bucket1819 to clean out1819 give it1819 to put in the hole1819 ramp1819 sting1819 victimize1839 financier1840 gum1840 snakea1861 to take down1865 verneuk1871 bunco1875 rush1875 gyp1879 salt1882 daddle1883 work1884 to have (one) on toast1886 slip1890 to do (a person) in the eye1891 sugar1892 flay1893 to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895 con1896 pad1897 screw1900 short-change1903 to do in1906 window dress1913 ream1914 twist1914 clean1915 rim1918 tweedle1925 hype1926 clip1927 take1927 gazump1928 yentz1930 promote1931 to take (someone) to the cleaners1932 to carve up1933 chizz1948 stiff1950 scam1963 to rip off1969 to stitch up1970 skunk1971 to steal (someone) blind1974 diddle- 1969 ‘Iceberg Slim’ Trick Baby xii. 170 We can go back into the Loop now and rip off suckers to our hearts' content. 1971 Frendz 21 May 16/4 The young people are well aware that they are being ripped off by these parasites, and, quite naturally, think that the visiting musicians are on the side of the promoters. 1973 Black World Jan. 33/1 Individuals within the group felt that there were too many instances of their singly being ‘ripped off’ and exploited as Black artists. 1976 Observer 22 Feb. 6/3 Many women think all garages consider they can ‘rip off’ women drivers. 1986 F. Peretti This Present Darkness i. 9 It was a wild time, a chance to get drunk, pregnant, beat up, ripped off, and sick, all in the same night. 1992 Empire Apr. 66/1 Blustering winds threw his new wrought-iron furniture into the pool, shifting sands destroyed his costly trees and shrubs, crooked construction workers ripped him off. 2004 L. Barclay Bad Move iii. 32 We could be on one side of the wall while some stranger ripped us off on the other. c. To steal from or burgle (a store, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > burgle [verb (transitive)] do1774 bust1859 burglarize1871 burgle1874 burglar1890 take1924 to rip off1972 tickle1976 1972 ‘E. McBain’ Sadie when she Died iii. 30 Q. Why did you go into the apartment? A. To rip it off. Q. To burglarize it? A. Yes. 1977 Rolling Stone 24 Mar. Not when young blacks have ripped off bookstores across the country to get illegally what the lack of a job prevents them from getting legally. 1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again 50 In Milwaukee, they not only ripped off the store, they booby-trapped it with fishing wire so customers tripped over each other and upset bins of underwear and socks and scarves. 2002 G. Hardwick Color of Justice 203 Where was you when them muthafuckas ripped off my store? 4. transitive. slang (originally U.S.). To copy (something), esp. without permission or licence; to plagiarize. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] > plagiarize plagiarize1660 thig1728 skin1837 to rip off1971 1971 Los Angeles Sentinel 25 Feb. a7/3 The Osmond Brothers have..seen fit to..take the native and creative musical outpouring of the black experience and rip them off in mercantile commercialism. 1975 Radio Times 12 July 9/4 Just about everyone (including the Immaculate Jean-Luc Godard) ripped off Dick Lester's cool style. 1978 Sci. Amer. June 26/1 Two books, one an instruction manual for a geometrical instrument.., the other a witty polemic against a Padovan student who had sought to rip off that very instruction book! 1996 D. F. Wallace Supposedly Fun Thing I'll never do Again (1997) 149 1992's Hotel Room, a feature-length video of vignettes set in one certain room of a NYC railroad hotel, a hoary mainstream conceit ripped off from Neil Simon and sufficiently Lynchianized in Hotel Room to be then subsequently rip-offable by Tarantino et posse in 1995's Four Rooms. 2004 H. Bordowitz Noise of World 203 Some advertising agency ripped off..Rakotofrah music exactly for an American Express commercial. < as lemmas |
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