单词 | to take it |
释义 | > as lemmasto take it d. to take it. extracted from takev. (a) Usually with can or be able: to endure punishment, affliction, or torment. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > be constant or steadfast [verb (intransitive)] > endure without giving way > be able to to take it1827 1827 Western Mag. & Rev. May 31 I will take it, like a saint, and get good from my enemies. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 387/2 That first flogging made me ripe. I said to myself, ‘I can take it like a bullock.’ 1914 O. W. Holmes Let. 24 Sept. in Pollock–Holmes Lett. (1942) I. 222 I value everything that shows the quiet unmelodramatic power to stand and take it in your people. 1942 W. S. Churchill Unrelenting Struggle 190 If the storm is to renew itself, London will be ready, London will not flinch, London can take it again. 1952 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 196/2 But as soon as I hadn't got Derek—well, I just couldn't take it. 1976 C. Bermant Coming Home i. vi. 87 A slogan, like ‘Britain can take it’. 1986 A. Bennett Diary 24 Sept. in Writing Home (2003) 207 One must take it like a man. Which means that one must take it like a woman—i.e. without complaint. 2005 R. J. Sawyer Mindscan iii. 31 I just—I just can't take it any longer... It's tearing me apart. (b) slang. Of a man: to be or to prefer to be the partner penetrated in homosexual intercourse.Cf. to take it up (also in) the arse (ass, bum, butt, etc.) at Phrases 1m. ΚΠ 1910 Jahrbuch für sexuelle Zwischenstufen 11 40 To take it, passive Päderastie ausüben [‘to practise passive anal intercourse’]. 1949 ‘Swasarnt Nerf’ in H. Hagius Gay Guides for 1949 (2010) 68 For the passive partner, to ‘take it’ the prime prerequisite is the ability to relax at will. 1967 J. Orton Diary 19 May (1986) 1986 ‘You like to be fucked or fuck?’ he said. ‘I like to fuck, wherever possible,’ I said. He leaned across and said in a confidential tone: ‘I take it.’ 2001 A. Beaton Feelgood ii. ii. 97 What did you do, fuck him..? or do you prefer taking it? 2005 M. Todd Blowing Whistles i. iii. 62 You go on Gaydar and all they wanna know is how big your cock is, if you give it or take it and if there's a tube stop near your house. < as lemmas |
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