| 单词 | to stick into |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stick into —— to stick into —— 1. transitive. slang. to stick it into: to charge (a person) an extortionate amount for something; to defraud. Now rare (Australian in later use). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > charges > [verb (intransitive)] > make excessive charges to lay it ona1593 to stick it into1797 to put it on1843 1797 T. B. Pettyfogger Dramatized i. i. 17 Dam'me, they shan't stick it into me so.—I shall be ruined and starved! 1825 Sydney Gaz. 23 June 2/4 A late adventurer from Tasmania has not only taken the knowing ones in there, but posted to Sydney, stuck it into several of our first merchants. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxvii. 335 In short, my good fellow, we stick it into B up hill and down dale, and make a devilish comfortable little property out of him. 1853 C. Dickens Another Round of Stories: Schoolboy's Story in Househ. Words Extra Christmas No., 1/1 How they do stick it into parents—particularly hair-cutting, and medical attendance. 1947 Wellington (New S. Wales) Times 3 Nov. 2/5 There was a roar of laughter and someone said: ‘Well, you will be able to stick it into him to-morrow.’ 2. ΚΠ 1855 S. Austral. Reg. (Adelaide) 8 Feb. Told him it was loaded, and begged him to let it alone, but he stuck into him and the gun went off in the scuffle. 1875 Clarence & Richmond Examiner (Grafton, New S. Wales) 16 Mar. 3/1 He had got the worst of the wrestling, being under on both occasions; when he wanted to quiet him, plaintiff ‘stuck into him’, and he slipped down. b. transitive (in passive). colloquial (originally Australian and New Zealand). to get stuck into: to attack with blows, to lay into; (subsequently) to make a serious start on, to get down to (a task, a meal, etc.). Cf. to get stuck in at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] assail?c1225 to set on ——c1290 saila1300 to turn one's handc1325 lashc1330 to set against ——c1330 impugnc1384 offendc1385 weighc1386 checka1400 to lay at?a1400 havec1400 to set at ——c1430 fraya1440 rehetea1450 besail1460 fray1465 tuilyie1487 assaulta1500 enterprise?1510 invade1513 sturt1513 attempt1546 lay1580 tilt1589 to fall aboard——1593 yoke1596 to let into1598 to fall foul1602 attack1655 do1780 to go in at1812 to pitch into ——1823 tackle1828 vampire1832 bushwhack1837 to go for ——1838 take1864 pile1867 volcano1867 to set about ——1879 vampirize1888 to get stuck into1910 to take to ——1911 weigh1941 rugby-tackle1967 rugger-tackle1967 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > begin an action or fall to doing something > resolutely or vigorously to sit in1736 strap1823 to get down1826 tackle1841 to buckle down (to)1865 to bite on1904 to wade into1904 to get stuck into1910 to get one's teeth into1935 to sink one's teeth into1935 to get stuck in1938 to get to grips with1947 1910 N.Z. Truth 9 Apr. 7/2 He described the whole of the details of the fracas in Princes-street, winding up by saying: ‘Regan got stuck into him. Regan cracked him.’ 1914 Essendon (Moonee Ponds, Victoria) Gaz. 15 Oct. Then we got stuck into them again, and two more German officers surrendered. 1942 G. Casey It's Harder for Girls 228 A bit o' peace..after you an' Winch nearly getting stuck into each other at the pub. 1948 C. Fry Thor with Angels 3 You get stuck Into some work, you whitebellied weasel. 1958 I. Cross God Boy xix. 160 Though arithmetic wasn't my best subject, I was quite glad at the idea of getting stuck into some figures. 1962 Observer 18 Feb. 23/4 I heard a terrific clanging downstairs and went down to see Pancho getting stuck into the gas meter with an iron bar. 1974 A. Morice Killing with Kindness iii. 31 He reached out a hand and promptly got stuck into his beloved evening paper. 1999 H. Redknapp & D. McGovern 'Arry (new ed.) ii. 29 Opposing players all wanted to get stuck into Bobby, to rough him up, and to shatter his immense calm. 2007 Olive May 24/1 Get stuck into pakoras and juicy lamb shashlik at the city's finest Kashmiri and Pakistani restaurants. to stick into ΚΠ 1855 S. Austral. Reg. (Adelaide) 8 Feb. Told him it was loaded, and begged him to let it alone, but he stuck into him and the gun went off in the scuffle. 1875 Clarence & Richmond Examiner (Grafton, New S. Wales) 16 Mar. 3/1 He had got the worst of the wrestling, being under on both occasions; when he wanted to quiet him, plaintiff ‘stuck into him’, and he slipped down. < as lemmas |
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