英语词汇“to sky the wipe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. transitive. Boxing slang (originally and chiefly Australian). to sky the wipe (or towel): (of a boxer or his or her second) to throw (a sponge or towel) into the ring so as to signal defeat. Hence also figurative and in extended use: to admit defeat, to surrender. Cf. to throw up the sponge at sponge n.¹ 1c, to throw (chuck, or toss) in the towel at towel n. 1b.

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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > give way or give in

benda1400

sink?a1513

to give over1530

to cry creak?1562

yield1576

to hold up1596

succumb1604

to give in1616

to hoist, lower, strike the topsaila1629

to cry cravena1634

to give up or cross the cudgels1654

incumb1656

to fall in1667

to knock under1670

to knock under board, under (the) table1692

to strike underc1730

knuckle down1735

to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860

chuck up (the sponge)1864

to throw in one's hand1893

to sky the wipe (or towel)1907

to drop one's bundle1915

to throw (chuck, or toss) in the towel1915

to buckle up1927

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (intransitive)] > give in

to sky the wipe (or towel)1907

to roll with the punches1910

to pull one's punches1931

to lead with one's chin1949

1907 G. Siler Inside Facts on Pugilism 192 ‘Skied the towel’—A towel or sponge thrown into the ring by the seconds of a beaten fighter to denote his defeat.

1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) xi. 87 Fer 'arf a mo' I 'as a fight; Then conscience skies the wipe... Sez I ‘Orright’.

1918 Gleanings Bee Culture Nov. 557/1 The family all said I would have to retire from active work... However, I..did not like ‘skying the towel’.

1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 14 June 27/2 It is generally understood that a boxer must consider himself beaten when his seconds ‘sky the wipe’.

1962 Observer 1 Apr. 17/6 I skied the wipe..in 1931 before wasting did me too much damage.

2013 R. K. DeArment Gunfighter in Gotham i. 19 Fitzsimmons threw in the towel, or ‘skied the wipe’, as the surrender sign was known in the trade.

单词	to sky the wipe
释义	> as lemmas to sky the wipe (or towel) d. transitive. Boxing slang (originally and chiefly Australian). to sky the wipe (or towel): (of a boxer or his or her second) to throw (a sponge or towel) into the ring so as to signal defeat. Hence also figurative and in extended use: to admit defeat, to surrender. Cf. to throw up the sponge at sponge n.¹ 1c, to throw (chuck, or toss) in the towel at towel n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > give way or give in benda1400 sink?a1513 to give over1530 to cry creak?1562 yield1576 to hold up1596 succumb1604 to give in1616 to hoist, lower, strike the topsaila1629 to cry cravena1634 to give up or cross the cudgels1654 incumb1656 to fall in1667 to knock under1670 to knock under board, under (the) table1692 to strike underc1730 knuckle down1735 to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860 chuck up (the sponge)1864 to throw in one's hand1893 to sky the wipe (or towel)1907 to drop one's bundle1915 to throw (chuck, or toss) in the towel1915 to buckle up1927 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (intransitive)] > give in to sky the wipe (or towel)1907 to roll with the punches1910 to pull one's punches1931 to lead with one's chin1949 1907 G. Siler Inside Facts on Pugilism 192 ‘Skied the towel’—A towel or sponge thrown into the ring by the seconds of a beaten fighter to denote his defeat. 1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) xi. 87 Fer 'arf a mo' I 'as a fight; Then conscience skies the wipe... Sez I ‘Orright’. 1918 Gleanings Bee Culture Nov. 557/1 The family all said I would have to retire from active work... However, I..did not like ‘skying the towel’. 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 14 June 27/2 It is generally understood that a boxer must consider himself beaten when his seconds ‘sky the wipe’. 1962 Observer 1 Apr. 17/6 I skied the wipe..in 1931 before wasting did me too much damage. 2013 R. K. DeArment Gunfighter in Gotham i. 19 Fitzsimmons threw in the towel, or ‘skied the wipe’, as the surrender sign was known in the trade. extracted from skyv. < as lemmas
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