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

e. To use or relate (some form of speech) to a person; to speak or utter (language, etc.) well or fluently; to sling the bull, to talk glib nonsense (U.S.). Cf. sense 3a above.

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the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > speak or direct words to, etc.

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sling1874

speech1877–86

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1874 E. Eggleston Circuit Rider vii. 72 He was beginning to sling his rude metaphors to the right and left.

1881 E. Lynn Linton My Love! I. xii. 220 I am awfully sorry if I slung you any slang.

1892 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 67 An' 'ow they would admire for to hear us sling the bat [= speak the language].

1899 B. Harte Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation 173 He jest slung yarns about his doin's thar to last the hull rainy season.

1901 S. Merwin & H. K. Webster Calumet ‘K’ xii. 232 It's funny to hear him sling that Grady talk around. I don't think he more'n half knows what it means.

1904 Strand Mag. Mar. 254/1 Maybe you think I am just slinging you a yarn.

1904 G. B. Shaw Lett. to Granville Barker (1956) 27 One of them, the stage Irishman,..might be done by, say, Neville Doone, if he can sling the dialect.

1934 T. E. Lawrence Let. 8 June (1938) 806 In such an eyewash job as this of mine, the power to sling the gab would be very helpful.

1940 A. H. Marckwardt Scribner Handbk. Eng. vii. 212 Undoubtedly the chief reason for the conversational effectiveness of many individuals is their inherent ability to sling it.

1982 Verbatim Autumn 14/2 Watch out for..the low-down curs and dirty dogs, who sling the bull and then send you on a wild goose chase.

单词	to sling the bull
释义	> as lemmas to sling the bull e. To use or relate (some form of speech) to a person; to speak or utter (language, etc.) well or fluently; to sling the bull, to talk glib nonsense (U.S.). Cf. sense 3a above. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > speak or direct words to, etc. speakc825 mint1493 sling1874 speech1877–86 word1905 1874 E. Eggleston Circuit Rider vii. 72 He was beginning to sling his rude metaphors to the right and left. 1881 E. Lynn Linton My Love! I. xii. 220 I am awfully sorry if I slung you any slang. 1892 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 67 An' 'ow they would admire for to hear us sling the bat [= speak the language]. 1899 B. Harte Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation 173 He jest slung yarns about his doin's thar to last the hull rainy season. 1901 S. Merwin & H. K. Webster Calumet ‘K’ xii. 232 It's funny to hear him sling that Grady talk around. I don't think he more'n half knows what it means. 1904 Strand Mag. Mar. 254/1 Maybe you think I am just slinging you a yarn. 1904 G. B. Shaw Lett. to Granville Barker (1956) 27 One of them, the stage Irishman,..might be done by, say, Neville Doone, if he can sling the dialect. 1934 T. E. Lawrence Let. 8 June (1938) 806 In such an eyewash job as this of mine, the power to sling the gab would be very helpful. 1940 A. H. Marckwardt Scribner Handbk. Eng. vii. 212 Undoubtedly the chief reason for the conversational effectiveness of many individuals is their inherent ability to sling it. 1982 Verbatim Autumn 14/2 Watch out for..the low-down curs and dirty dogs, who sling the bull and then send you on a wild goose chase. extracted from slingv.¹ < as lemmas
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