| 单词 | to take the fling(s |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take the fling(s b. A violent movement, a plunge; of a horse: A kicking or throwing out the hind legs. Also (Scottish) figurative of persons: to take the fling(s: ‘to become unmanageable’ (Jamieson), to become fitful or ill-humoured. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > be ill-humoured [verb (intransitive)] > become ill-humoured to take the fling(sa1568 to take the strum or strums1788 tout1825 to take (the) stunt1837 stunt1877 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > jerking > a jerk spang1513 lipe1545 job1560 jert1568 abraid1570 jerk1575 flirta1592 yark1610 slip1615 flerka1653 hitch1674 toss1676 hotch1721 saccade1728 surge1748 flip1821 snatch1822 fling1826 kick1835 chuckc1843 jolt1849 the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of (shark) > movement of fling1826 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > kicking > kick kick1530 yark1581 lunge1817 fling1852 a1568 A. Fleming Ballad Evill Wyffis viii, in Bannatyne Poems (1770) 227 Quhen his wyfe taks the fling. 1719 W. Hamilton Epist. to Ramsay 24 Aug. vii. Gin we ettle anes to taunt her, And dinna cawmly thole her banter, She'll tak the flings. 1826 H. N. Coleridge Six Months W. Indies 126 The furious jerks and flings which he [the shark] made. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. vi. 73 If dat ar gen'lman's crittur [a horse] should gib a fling. < as lemmas |
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