英语词汇“to take a fall”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to take a fall.

(a) To suffer a fall, fall over, trip up, stumble. Also figurative. Now somewhat colloquial (chiefly U.S. in later use).

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall down or from erect position > specifically of person or animal

to light lowc1225

wendc1300

to seek to the earth or groundc1330

tumblea1375

stretchc1400

to take a fall1413

to blush to the eartha1500

to come down1603

to go to grassa1640

to be floored1826

to take a spilla1845

to come (fall, get) a cropper1858

to hunt grass1872

to come (also have) a buster1874

to hit the deck1954

1413 T. Hoccleve Balade Henry V l. 30 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 40 Souffreth nat Crystes feith to take a fal! Vn-to his peple and youres, cheerly see, In conseruyng of your estat real!

?a1475 Lessons of Dirige (Douce) l. 274 in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 130 (MED) When I slyde, supporte thow me; And though somtyme I take a falle, Yet Parce michi, domine!

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. Oo.iii Otherwhile in renninge a man taketh a fall.

1606 N. Breton Miseries of Mauillia sig. Dd3 Shee had runne padling about out of my sight, and by chaunce..taken a fall.

a1741 E. Cairns Mem. (1762) iv. 47 When it [sc. the child] comes to more strength, she lets it walk alone, and take a fall, and rise again.

1835 U.S. Tel. (Washington, D.C.) 6 Jan. 119/6 If Congress shrink from the recommendation, this glorious Republic takes a fall.

1891 New Era (Greensburg, Indiana) 27 May Barney Byrum took a fall last week which laid him up for repairs several days.

1916 Happy Days (N.Y.) 25 Nov. 9/4 As he made this last exclamatory remark, he took a fall and flopped all over the deck.

1958 S. J. Perelman Most of S. J. Perelman 35 I took a rather nasty fall over a wastebasket.

2012 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 27 Nov. a6/1 I got the awful call, come to Crouse Hospital, your sister has taken a fall.

(b) U.S. slang. To be arrested or convicted of a crime. Cf. sense 7.

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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (intransitive)] > be arrested

fall1874

to take a fall1922

to have one's collar felt1950

1922 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 30 Apr. 11/4 He is in the stir. He took a fall for a smooth worker.

1930 Sunday Times-Signal (Zanesville, Ohio) 12 Oct. ii. 13/4 That meant..a long ‘stretch in the Big House’ (sentence in the penitentiary) if one of them ‘took a fall’ (was apprehended).

1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie iii. 34 Jack had taken a fall on a safe job and was in the Bronx County jail awaiting trial.

2004 N. Turner Project Chick viii. 67 He took a fall and went to jail four years ago.

(c) colloquial. To fall in love. Cf. to fall for —— 1b at fall v. Phrasal verbs 2. Now rare.

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the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > be in love [verb (intransitive)] > fall in love

to fall (or yfall, also be taken, caught) in loveOE

to yfall (also be brought) into love's danceOE

assot1393

in by the week1534

to have got it badly1860

to take a fall1942

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §353/7 Fall in love…take a fall.

1962 D. Lessing Golden Notebk. iv. 474 Molly rang late—says that Jane Bond has ‘taken a fall over’ Mr Green.

2007 R. Holmes Hottentot Venus iv. 47 If he did take a fall for Saartjie, it was not an unusual pairing.

单词	to take a fall
释义	> as lemmas to take a fall a. to take a fall. (a) To suffer a fall, fall over, trip up, stumble. Also figurative. Now somewhat colloquial (chiefly U.S. in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall down or from erect position > specifically of person or animal to light lowc1225 wendc1300 to seek to the earth or groundc1330 tumblea1375 stretchc1400 to take a fall1413 to blush to the eartha1500 to come down1603 to go to grassa1640 to be floored1826 to take a spilla1845 to come (fall, get) a cropper1858 to hunt grass1872 to come (also have) a buster1874 to hit the deck1954 1413 T. Hoccleve Balade Henry V l. 30 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 40 Souffreth nat Crystes feith to take a fal! Vn-to his peple and youres, cheerly see, In conseruyng of your estat real! ?a1475 Lessons of Dirige (Douce) l. 274 in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 130 (MED) When I slyde, supporte thow me; And though somtyme I take a falle, Yet Parce michi, domine! 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. Oo.iii Otherwhile in renninge a man taketh a fall. 1606 N. Breton Miseries of Mauillia sig. Dd3 Shee had runne padling about out of my sight, and by chaunce..taken a fall. a1741 E. Cairns Mem. (1762) iv. 47 When it [sc. the child] comes to more strength, she lets it walk alone, and take a fall, and rise again. 1835 U.S. Tel. (Washington, D.C.) 6 Jan. 119/6 If Congress shrink from the recommendation, this glorious Republic takes a fall. 1891 New Era (Greensburg, Indiana) 27 May Barney Byrum took a fall last week which laid him up for repairs several days. 1916 Happy Days (N.Y.) 25 Nov. 9/4 As he made this last exclamatory remark, he took a fall and flopped all over the deck. 1958 S. J. Perelman Most of S. J. Perelman 35 I took a rather nasty fall over a wastebasket. 2012 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 27 Nov. a6/1 I got the awful call, come to Crouse Hospital, your sister has taken a fall. (b) U.S. slang. To be arrested or convicted of a crime. Cf. sense 7. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (intransitive)] > be arrested fall1874 to take a fall1922 to have one's collar felt1950 1922 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 30 Apr. 11/4 He is in the stir. He took a fall for a smooth worker. 1930 Sunday Times-Signal (Zanesville, Ohio) 12 Oct. ii. 13/4 That meant..a long ‘stretch in the Big House’ (sentence in the penitentiary) if one of them ‘took a fall’ (was apprehended). 1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie iii. 34 Jack had taken a fall on a safe job and was in the Bronx County jail awaiting trial. 2004 N. Turner Project Chick viii. 67 He took a fall and went to jail four years ago. (c) colloquial. To fall in love. Cf. to fall for —— 1b at fall v. Phrasal verbs 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > be in love [verb (intransitive)] > fall in love to fall (or yfall, also be taken, caught) in loveOE to yfall (also be brought) into love's danceOE assot1393 in by the week1534 to have got it badly1860 to take a fall1942 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §353/7 Fall in love…take a fall. 1962 D. Lessing Golden Notebk. iv. 474 Molly rang late—says that Jane Bond has ‘taken a fall over’ Mr Green. 2007 R. Holmes Hottentot Venus iv. 47 If he did take a fall for Saartjie, it was not an unusual pairing. extracted from falln.² < as lemmas
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