英语词汇“to rock the boat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. figurative. to rock the boat: to disturb the equilibrium of a situation; to stir up trouble. Cf. to make waves at wave n. 3d.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > be in commotion or disorder [verb (intransitive)] > cause commotion or disorder

to make work?1473

perturb1543

hurly-burly1598

to throw (also fling) the house out of (also at) the window (also windows)1602

tumultuate1611

to beat up the quarters of1670

hurricane1682

larum1729

to kick up, make, raise a stour1787

stour1811

to strike a bustle1823

to cut shindies1829

to kick up a shindy1829

hurricanize1833

rumpus1839

to raise (Old) Ned1840

to raise hell1845

fustle1891

to rock the boat1903

1903 A. H. Lewis Peggy O'Neal ii. 60 The worst that both of us might do of public evil would hardly serve to rock the boat.

1931 F. L. Allen Only Yesterday vi. 156 Unfortunate publicity had a tendency to rock the boat.

1972 J. B. Keane Lett. Irish Parish Priest 108 The last thing I want to do is interfere with the running of the parish but Dick you are rocking the boat.

2001 R. Hill Dialogues of Dead (2002) xxv. 282 Having got back to something like an even keel with the super, it would be foolish to risk rocking the boat by letting personal dislike cloud his judgment.

单词	to rock the boat
释义	> as lemmas to rock the boat P2. figurative. to rock the boat: to disturb the equilibrium of a situation; to stir up trouble. Cf. to make waves at wave n. 3d. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > be in commotion or disorder [verb (intransitive)] > cause commotion or disorder to make work?1473 perturb1543 hurly-burly1598 to throw (also fling) the house out of (also at) the window (also windows)1602 tumultuate1611 to beat up the quarters of1670 hurricane1682 larum1729 to kick up, make, raise a stour1787 stour1811 to strike a bustle1823 to cut shindies1829 to kick up a shindy1829 hurricanize1833 rumpus1839 to raise (Old) Ned1840 to raise hell1845 fustle1891 to rock the boat1903 1903 A. H. Lewis Peggy O'Neal ii. 60 The worst that both of us might do of public evil would hardly serve to rock the boat. 1931 F. L. Allen Only Yesterday vi. 156 Unfortunate publicity had a tendency to rock the boat. 1972 J. B. Keane Lett. Irish Parish Priest 108 The last thing I want to do is interfere with the running of the parish but Dick you are rocking the boat. 2001 R. Hill Dialogues of Dead (2002) xxv. 282 Having got back to something like an even keel with the super, it would be foolish to risk rocking the boat by letting personal dislike cloud his judgment. extracted from rockv.¹ < as lemmas
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