| 单词 | to take a dive |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take a dive In Boxing, Football, etc.: an intentional fall taken to deceive an opponent or official, esp. (in Boxing) a feigned knock-out. Frequently in to take a dive. Also transferred and figurative. slang (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] > sport: feigned knock-out dive1942 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, dissemble [verb (intransitive)] > in movement feignc1386 to false a blow1590 feint1854 to take a dive1942 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §701/10 Dive,..take a dive, take it, throw a fight, to allow an opponent to win by prearrangement. 1951 N.Y. Times Mag. 4 Mar. 58/3 Admittedly the sport still will come up occasionally with its ‘dives’. (A dive is a phantom knockout in which a boxer ‘swoons’ or dives to the canvas under the impact of a light blow or, sometimes, no blow at all.) 1982 Chicago Sun-Times 21 June 5/1 ‘Freddy took a dive six times,’ Time quoted one investigator as saying of Furino's performance on the polygraph. < as lemmas |
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