英语词汇“to pull it out of the hat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P21. to pull (something) out of the hat and variants: to produce (something) as if from nowhere; to achieve (something) against expectations. Also (and earliest) in to pull it (also one) out of the hat: to act against expectations; to achieve success in a difficult situation.With reference to the conjuring trick of producing a rabbit from a hat. Cf. to pull (take, etc.) a rabbit out of a hat at rabbit n.¹ Phrases 2. See also to pull (something) out of the bag at pull v. Phrases 12.

ΚΠ

1926 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 8 Apr. 11/2 Dave Shade beat Walker last summer, for all the ears in Erie, Pa., but the judges pulled one out of the hat and said Mickey won.

1958 Listener 18 Sept. 404/1 Mr. Dulles first pulled indirect aggression out of the hat in mid-July.

1963 A. Ross Australia 63 v. 110 Simpson's five [wickets] were simply out of the hat.

1971 J. McClure Steam Pig ii. 26 I must say you've really pulled one out of the hat this time.

1986 Guardian 21 Aug. 9 Edinburgh's 40th Film Festival..can generally be relied upon to produce something out of the hat that can't be termed conventional British cinema.

1997 B. Goertzel From Complexity to Creativity xiii. 310 Ideas pulled ‘out of a hat’, with no scientific or mathematical foundation.

2011 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 24 Sept. 43 I will not be surprised if Labor pulls it out of the hat..as the deadline approaches for calling an election.

单词	to pull it out of the hat
释义	> as lemmas to pull it (also one) out of the hat P21. to pull (something) out of the hat and variants: to produce (something) as if from nowhere; to achieve (something) against expectations. Also (and earliest) in to pull it (also one) out of the hat: to act against expectations; to achieve success in a difficult situation.With reference to the conjuring trick of producing a rabbit from a hat. Cf. to pull (take, etc.) a rabbit out of a hat at rabbit n.¹ Phrases 2. See also to pull (something) out of the bag at pull v. Phrases 12. ΚΠ 1926 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 8 Apr. 11/2 Dave Shade beat Walker last summer, for all the ears in Erie, Pa., but the judges pulled one out of the hat and said Mickey won. 1958 Listener 18 Sept. 404/1 Mr. Dulles first pulled indirect aggression out of the hat in mid-July. 1963 A. Ross Australia 63 v. 110 Simpson's five [wickets] were simply out of the hat. 1971 J. McClure Steam Pig ii. 26 I must say you've really pulled one out of the hat this time. 1986 Guardian 21 Aug. 9 Edinburgh's 40th Film Festival..can generally be relied upon to produce something out of the hat that can't be termed conventional British cinema. 1997 B. Goertzel From Complexity to Creativity xiii. 310 Ideas pulled ‘out of a hat’, with no scientific or mathematical foundation. 2011 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 24 Sept. 43 I will not be surprised if Labor pulls it out of the hat..as the deadline approaches for calling an election. extracted from hatn. < as lemmas
随便看	watchmaster watchmastiff watchmate watchmeal watchmen watchment watchmovement watchnick watchnight watchofficer watchoil watchout watchouts watchpaper watchpart watchpeal watchpeel watchpocket watchpost watchriband watchseal watchsetting watchspring watchstand watchstar

> as lemmas