| 单词 | to shell out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shell out 7. to shell out colloquial (figurative from sense 1). extracted from shellv. a. transitive. To disburse, pay up, hand over. Also (rarely) to shell down. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > pay up or out to pay out1438 to pay over1668 to shell down1801 pony1819 tip1829 to fork out, over, or up1831 to stump up1833 to put up1838 stump1841 pungle1851 to ante up1880 cough1894 to peg out1895 brass1898 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 191 One of you..must shell out your corianders [see coriander n. 3]. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 141 The gold is shelled down when ye command, as fast as I have seen the ash-keys fall in a frosty morning. 1817 M. Edgeworth Love & Law i. i, in Comic Dramas 10 To shell out for me the price of a deecent horse. 1819 T. Moore Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress (ed. 3) 27 Who knows but, if coax'd, he may shell out the shiners? 1863 J. P. Robson Songs Bards of Tyne 299 Shell oot yor goold, my collier lad. b. intransitive. To pay up. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay [verb (intransitive)] > pay up or out to shell out1821 dub1823 stump1828 to stump up1836 tip1847 cash1854 to ante up1861 to fund up1888 pony1894 brass1898 cough1920 to pay up1941 to dig down1942 1821 P. Egan Life in London ii. iii. 229 If you are too scaly to tip for it I'll shell out and shame you. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. vi. 127 I've got a tick at Sally's,..but then I hate running it high..towards the end of the half, 'cause one has to shell out for it all directly one comes back. 1889 H. O'Reilly & J. Y. Nelson Fifty Years on Trail 254 I had to ‘shell out’ pretty freely..it cost me 250 dollars. c. transitive. To let out, declare. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] > secrets discovera1375 labc1400 bewray1578 blab1582 discabinet1605 eviscerate1607 eliminate1608 to give upa1640 vent1678 betray1734 confide1735 leak1859 to shell out1862 clatfart1913 spill1917 unzip1939 1862 Mrs. H. Wood Channings I. i. 15 Come, Miss Channing, just shell out what you know. < as lemmas |
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