英语词汇“to tip a person the black spot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

3. In works of fiction: a card or piece of paper blackened on one side and bearing writing on the other, used among pirates to communicate a verdict, warning, etc., esp. to a leader who is about to be deposed. Frequently in extended use. Esp. in to tip (also give, hand, etc.) a person the black spot.The trope is particularly associated with Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island: see quot. 1881.

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1881 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv, in Young Folks 15 Oct. 134/3 On the floor close to his hand there was a little round of paper, blackened on the one side. I could not doubt but that this was the black spot; and taking it up, I found written on the other side..this short message: ‘You have till ten to-night.’

1918 J. A. Dunn in Adventure 3 Aug. 164/2 When we have given him the black spot, when he is deposed and I rule and reap a harvest of the Caribbean.

1923 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 10 Nov. 26/8 [He] was determined that the University of Pennsylvania, the next opponent, would not do such a thing as hand him the ‘black spot’ for his fourth defeat in one season.

1932 A. Ransome Swallows & Amazons xxv. 268 ‘I've tipped you the Black Spot. Read it.’.. ‘To Captain Flint (alias Uncle Jim)... This is the Black Spot. You are deposed from being an uncle or anything decent.’

1956 D. Alexander Hangman's Dozen 20 Did you steal the pirate treasure and did the pirate gang hand you the black spot and mark you to be murdered?

1985 Washington Post 26 Oct. a21/1 Those infants given the black spot by the medical team were provided no more than ‘supportive care’.

2009 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 15 Oct. (Features section) 20 [The] doyenne of the media Left, who chairs the Arts Council, has been tipped the black spot.

单词	to tip a person the black spot
释义	> as lemmas to tip (also give, hand, etc.) a person the black spot 3. In works of fiction: a card or piece of paper blackened on one side and bearing writing on the other, used among pirates to communicate a verdict, warning, etc., esp. to a leader who is about to be deposed. Frequently in extended use. Esp. in to tip (also give, hand, etc.) a person the black spot.The trope is particularly associated with Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island: see quot. 1881. ΚΠ 1881 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv, in Young Folks 15 Oct. 134/3 On the floor close to his hand there was a little round of paper, blackened on the one side. I could not doubt but that this was the black spot; and taking it up, I found written on the other side..this short message: ‘You have till ten to-night.’ 1918 J. A. Dunn in Adventure 3 Aug. 164/2 When we have given him the black spot, when he is deposed and I rule and reap a harvest of the Caribbean. 1923 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 10 Nov. 26/8 [He] was determined that the University of Pennsylvania, the next opponent, would not do such a thing as hand him the ‘black spot’ for his fourth defeat in one season. 1932 A. Ransome Swallows & Amazons xxv. 268 ‘I've tipped you the Black Spot. Read it.’.. ‘To Captain Flint (alias Uncle Jim)... This is the Black Spot. You are deposed from being an uncle or anything decent.’ 1956 D. Alexander Hangman's Dozen 20 Did you steal the pirate treasure and did the pirate gang hand you the black spot and mark you to be murdered? 1985 Washington Post 26 Oct. a21/1 Those infants given the black spot by the medical team were provided no more than ‘supportive care’. 2009 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 15 Oct. (Features section) 20 [The] doyenne of the media Left, who chairs the Arts Council, has been tipped the black spot. extracted from black spotn. < as lemmas
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