| 单词 | to pull off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pull off to pull off 1. transitive. a. To take away or detach (something) by pulling from where it is held or attached. Cf. sense 14b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)] > detach in other specific manner unnaila1400 to pull offa1425 nipc1450 unlink1569 unhook1611 unhinge1616 unsling1630 to pinch off1654 untack1693 unstring1697 peel1787 unbolt1793 unthong1829 unswing1835 unshackle1840 unsnap1862 unbraze1898 delink1899 OE tr. Medicina de Quadrupedibus (Hatton) (O.E.D. transcript) x. 264 Wið wiðerweard hær onweg to adonne, gif þu nimest wulfes mearh and smyrast mid hraðe þa stowe þe þa hær beoð of apullod [OE Vitell. awullud], ne geþafað seo smyrung þæt hi eft wexen.] a1425 (a1399) Forme of Cury (BL Add.) 66 in C. B. Hieatt & S. Butler Curye on Inglysch (1985) 112 Take rawe pork and pulle of the skyn. c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 92 Pul of þe croppes, and clippe hem wyþ a peyre shers. a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 205 Thow plukkis the pultre and scho pullis of the penis. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. N2v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Pul off my bootes and spurres. 1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. (new ed.) ii. 32 He pulled off his Vizour of a friend, and discovered what he was. 1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry iv. xxviii The time for pampinating or pulling off the superfluous twigs and leaves. 1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) I. 259 Carefully and slowly pull off the petals. 1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. x. 125 He pulled off some beaver from his hat to staunch the blood. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Stub, to pluck chicken clean after their feathers have been pulled off. 1931 M. E. Stebbing Hardy Flower Gardening x. 170 Catmint, Iberis, and similiar half-shrubby plants should have each shoot pulled off with a downward jerk. 1993 Aquarist & Pondkeeper Oct. 75/4 Some species of frog and chelonia also pull off and eat the skin of other individuals of their species. b. To take off (one's coat, etc.); to doff (one's hat). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > take off clothing to do offeOE to lay downc1275 to weve offc1290 stripc1320 doffa1375 loose1382 ofdrawa1393 casta1400 to take offa1400 warpa1400 to cast offc1400 to catch offc1400 waivec1400 voidc1407 to put off?a1425 to wap offc1440 to lay from, offc1480 despoil1483 to pull offc1500 slip1535 devest1566 to shift off1567 daff1609 discuss1640 to lay off1699 strip1762 douse1780 shuffle1837 derobe1841 shed1858 skin1861 peel1888 pull1888 c1500 J. Lydgate Stans Puer (Ashm.) in F. J. Furnivall Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) i. 63 (MED) Hose and schone to powle off, loke þou redy be. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 106 They fall into passions, fretting, sweating, pulling off their hats, and trembling fearefully. 1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 82 Every man has not the good fortune..to pull off his hatt and make a leg with an air. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 55 I pull'd off my Clothes. 1834 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Seine 42 They pulled off their hats to one another with great civility. 1860 Harper's Mag. Oct. 705 I pull off my three pairs of shoes and socks, and go paddling in the sea. 1911 W. Boyle Eloquent Dempsy i. 5 He puts his hat on the table and struts as he pulls off his gloves. 1954 V. Randolph Pissing in Snow (1976) lxxxiii. 123 We pulled off our clothes, and Zeke laid down on top of me. 1992 P. O'Brian Truelove iv. 97 You must pull off your hat and call out Huzzay. 2001 T. Winton Dirt Music (2003) 136 He pulls off his shirt and hauls the wetsuit back up hot over his shoulders. 2. transitive. colloquial. To succeed in accomplishing, achieving, or producing (something); to carry off. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > as something desired or advantageous findOE winc1000 betellc1275 getc1330 reapa1350 craftc1350 attainc1374 achievea1393 embrace?c1475 conquer1477 consecute1536 gain1570 lucrify1570 compass1609 raise1611 lucrate1623 reconcile1665 engage1725 to pull off1860 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > manage to secure (a result) to make shift of1504 temporize1596 manage1654 to have (also get, want, etc.) a run for one's money1839 to pull off1860 society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > win, lose, or score [verb (transitive)] > win to pull off1860 snare1942 to sew up1953 sweep1960 1860 Baily's Monthly Mag. 1 34 After the good old matches of Club and Ground against Cambridge and against Oxford are pulled off at the two Universities, the London Season will open. 1874 Times 10 Oct. 11/5 Day promised them that if they pulled off the job he would give them £7 for it. They took the goods to Day's house. 1883 M. E. Kennard Right Sort v Now and again..Jack Clinker managed to pull off some ‘good thing’ on the turf. 1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl 44 ‘I've got a fine thing for you, if you can pull it off!’ 1923 H. G. Wells Men like Gods i. i. 6 He was not really clever enough to pull such a thing off. 1960 ‘Miss Read’ Fresh from Country (1962) xviii. 197 ‘And good luck to the old girl, say I!’ continued Joan warmly... ‘Let's hope she pulls it off!’ 1977 Time 15 Aug. 13/2 Both looked as if they had just pulled off some master stroke of détente. 2005 New Nation 26 Sept. 23/1 They have pulled off a stunning new album. 3. transitive. U.S. slang. To steal, esp. by picking a pocket. Cf. sense 4. Now rare. 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 1865 in Comments on Etymol. (1984) 14 i. 33 The best thing they could do was take a ‘run out’ and see if they were lucky enough to ‘pull a bag’ or two off. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi lii. 511 I pulled off an old woman's leather; (robbed her of her pocket-book). 1921 A. Jennings Through Shadows with O. Henry 52 We decided to pull off another wad. 4. intransitive. To pull the trigger of a gun in a manner that deflects the shot from where it is aimed. Now rare. ΚΠ 1909 N.E.D. at Pull v. Musketry. To pull off. 1915 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 61/1 They have learned..to press the trigger in the manner laid down in the Musketry Regulations—without wriggling the body or ‘pulling off’. 5. transitive (frequently reflexive). coarse slang. To masturbate (a man); to cause (a man) to ejaculate by masturbation. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > masturbation > masturbate [verb (reflexive)] masturbate1857 to play with ——1879 to toss off1879 frigc1890 touch1892 to jerk off1904 to pull off1909 jackc1930 diddle1960 to jack off1967 manipulate1971 the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > other types of sexual activity or intercourse > engage in other types of sexual activity or intercourse [verb (transitive)] > stimulate genitals of (a person) > cause to have orgasm by frig1598 milk1616 to toss off1879 wank1905 to pull off1909 to bring off1916 to jerk off1969 masturbate1974 1909 J. Joyce Let. 8 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1975) 184 I pulled myself off twice when I read your letter. I am delighted to see that you do like being fucked arseways. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xviii. [Penelope] 711 How did we finish it off yes O yes I pulled him off into my handkerchief pretending not to be excited. 1966 L. Cohen Beautiful Losers i. 4 Can an old scholar find love at last and stop having to pull himself off every night so he can get to sleep? 1971 ‘V. X. Scott’ Surrogate Wife 139 Spasms shook his entire body as I pulled him off. 1991 T. Marshall Changelings (1992) i. 9 I lay down on the bed with the nightdress and pulled myself off with it. 6. transitive. Originally in Sport: (of a team's coach or manager) to withdraw (a player) during a game; to replace with a substitute (cf. sense 10). Later also more generally: to remove (a person) from a job or position. ΚΠ 1933 Chicago Tribune 15 Mar. 18/6 In the last five minutes Manager Art Ross pulled off his goalie to put a sixth forward into the final drive. 1960 B. Crowther Hollywood Rajah xiii. 206 Edmund Goulding, Thalberg's choice as director, was pulled off. 1996 Ice Hockey News Rev. 21 Dec. 21/2 If we've eased up and someone has made a mistake I haven't been able to pull him off to highlight the error. 7. intransitive. Of a driver or vehicle: to move to the side of the road in order to stop; to leave a road. Cf. to pull over 1 at Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > drive or operate a motor vehicle > bring vehicle to side of road to pull over1923 to pull in1936 to pull off1959 1959 Odessa (Texas) Amer. 6 Mar. 10/6 The lead car pulled off for gasoline. 1978 T. O'Brien Going after Cacciato xxxvi. 249 He reached Ankara... He pulled off onto the shoulder. 1984 D. Finn Heart of Family 222 They pulled off onto a dirt road and roared ahead at almost the same speed. 2006 Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) (Nexis) 20 Aug. a1 Cars pull off here through the day to take photographs. 8. intransitive. Surfing. = to pull out 9b at Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > surf-ride [verb (intransitive)] > actions of surfer pearl-dive1923 slide1931 hot-dog1959 to hang five, ten1962 to kick out1962 to cut back1963 to pull out1963 to pull off1964 nose-ride1965 rollercoaster1969 shred1977 rail1986 to pull in1987 1964 B. Cooper in P. L. Dixon Men & Waves (1966) 189 I can't really recall my first wave, but I'm sure I caught an edge and had to pull off. 1997 Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise 10 Aug. c3/2 Unable to get on the wave, she had to pull off, surrendering priority. < as lemmas |
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