| 单词 | to put through the hoop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put through the hoop(s) c. A circular ring, often with paper stretched over it, through which acrobats or performing animals leap. Also figurative, esp. in to go (also jump) through (the) hoop(s): to undergo an ordeal or trial. Similarly to put through the hoop(s). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [noun] > pieces of equipment hoop1793 bed of nails1798 garter1854 safety net1888 net1905 rag front1926 the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)] > undergo an ordeal to go (also jump) through (the) hoop(s)1917 to give (make, have, etc.) grief1929 the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict overharryeOE aileOE swencheOE besetOE traya1000 teenOE to work (also do) (a person) woeOE derve?c1225 grieve1297 harrya1300 noyc1300 travailc1300 to work (also do) annoyc1300 wrath14.. aggrievea1325 annoya1325 tribula1325 to hold wakenc1330 anguish1340 distrainc1374 wrap1380 strain1382 ermec1386 afflicta1393 cumbera1400 assayc1400 distressc1400 temptc1400 encumber1413 labour1437 infortune?a1439 stressa1450 trouble1489 arraya1500 constraina1500 attempt1525 misease1530 exercise1531 to hold or keep waking1533 try1539 to wring to the worse1542 pinch1548 affligec1550 trounce1551 oppress1555 inflict1566 overharl1570 strait1579 to make a martyr of1599 straiten1611 tribulatea1637 to put through the hoop(s)1919 snooter1923 the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > cause mental pain or suffering to [verb (transitive)] heavyc897 pineeOE aileOE sorryeOE traya1000 sorrowOE to work (also do) (a person) woeOE angerc1175 smarta1200 to work, bake, brew balec1200 derve?c1225 grieve?c1225 sitc1225 sweam?c1225 gnawc1230 sughc1230 troublec1230 aggrievea1325 to think sweama1325 unframea1325 anguish1340 teen1340 sowa1352 distrainc1374 to-troublea1382 strain1382 unglad1390 afflicta1393 paina1393 distressa1400 hita1400 sorea1400 assayc1400 remordc1400 temptc1400 to sit (or set) one sorec1420 overthrow?a1425 visit1424 labour1437 passionc1470 arraya1500 constraina1500 misgrievea1500 attempt1525 exagitate1532 to wring to the worse1542 toil1549 lament1580 adolorate1598 rankle1659 try1702 to pass over ——1790 upset1805 to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823 to put (a person) through it1855 bludgeon1888 to get to ——1904 to put through the hoop(s)1919 1793 in T. Frost Circus Life (1875) 43 Through the Hoop on Fire, fourteen feet high, by Mr. Porter and Mr. Ducrow. 1869 B. Clarke Crocker 88 When a rider..has been jumping through paper hoops held up at intervals round the ring. 1875 T. Frost Circus Life 185 All aspirants to saw-dust honours..are required to..hold hoops, balloons, banners, &c. 1914 W. W. Gibson Borderlands 55 Merry Andrew. I missed a hoop This afternoon... I've not missed A hoop since I was six. I'm forty-two. 1917 P. G. Wodehouse Man with Two Left Feet 192 It was his business to make money, and, when called upon, to jump through hoops and sham dead at the bidding of his wife and daughter Mae. 1919 ‘B. Cable’ Old Contemptibles 209 Then Tommy Dodd got hold of his sergeant and ‘put him through the hoop’. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 120 Hoop, through the: up for punishment. 1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon xi. 81 Let the papers jump through their hoops as much as they liked. 1930 M. Kennedy Fool of Family xxvii. 275 Disagreeable thoughts were going to assail him... If he had ever let them get hold of him he would never have got through his hoop. 1930 M. Kennedy Fool of Family xxx. 314 ‘Let's hide..upstairs...’ ‘No use. They'll all come up to look at Henry VIII's bed.’ ‘Oh, well. Then it's through the hoops.’ 1938 H. Nicolson Diary 7 Apr. (1966) 333 I come back to find that the F.A. Committee have put Paul through the hoops also, asking whether he is ‘pro-Chamberlain’ or ‘pro-Eden’. 1943 R. Chandler Lady in Lake (1944) xxxix. 205 She got the men that way, she could make them jump through hoops. 1958 Economist 1 Nov. 390/2 The most controversial new legislation may still be the bill which will oblige any British government to go through the parliamentary hoop when imposing certain economic controls. 1958 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death against Clock 139 He may have jumped through the hoop right away. 1969 Times 12 May 15/5 Their..irritations are put through nightly hoops. < as lemmas |
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