| 单词 | to pitch woo |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pitch (the) woo P4. Originally and chiefly U.S. to pitch (the) woo: to court, to make love; (in extended use) to bestow flattery lavishly. Cf. sense 15b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > court or engage in courtship [verb (intransitive)] to make love1567 address1677 to keep company (with)1725 suitor1777 spark1807 pitch1903 to pitch (the) woo1935 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > flatter [verb (intransitive)] fikea1225 flatter?c1225 ficklec1230 blandisha1340 smooth1340 glaver1380 softa1382 glozec1386 to hold (also bear) up oila1387 glothera1400 flaitec1430 smekec1440 love?a1500 flata1522 blanch1572 cog1583 to smooth it1583 smooth1587 collogue1602 to oil the tongue1607 sleek1607 wheedle1664 pepper1784 blarney1837 to pitch (the) woo1935 flannel1941 sweet-talk1956 1935 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Feb. 60/3 After a while Uncle Ned came back looking positively exalted, so I guessed he and May had been pitching some more woo. 1948 S. J. Perelman Westward Ha! vii. 85 I naturally assumed a fer-de-lance was pitching woo at me. 1973 Internat. Herald Tribune 15 June 5/5 He's still a master at pitching the woo—on the mound, in the pressroom or elsewhere. 1994 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 13 Feb. 20 Tomorrow's newspaper classified columns will be full of Itchy Woos pitching woo to their Mini-Poohs. < as lemmas |
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