| 单词 | to turn the heat on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto turn the heat on b. slang (originally U.S.), in various interconnected senses, notably (a) a gun (? as an instrument of ‘heat’); cf. heater n. 1b; (b) in to turn on (or give) the heat, to use a gun, hence figurative, to turn the heat on (someone), to apply pressure on; (c) involvement with or pursuit by the police; a police officer, the police. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman truncheon officer1708 runner1735 horny1753 nibbing-cull1775 nabbing-cull1780 police officer1784 police constable1787 policeman1788 scout1789 nabman1792 nabber1795 pig1811 Bow-street officer1812 nab1813 peeler1816 split1819 grunter1823 robin redbreast1824 bulky1828 raw (or unboiled) lobster1829 Johnny Darm1830 polis1833 crusher1835 constable1839 police1839 agent1841 johndarm1843 blue boy1844 bobby1844 bluebottle1845 copper1846 blue1848 polisman1850 blue coat1851 Johnny1851 PC1851 spot1851 Jack1854 truncheonist1854 fly1857 greycoat1857 cop1859 Cossack1859 slop1859 scuffer1860 nailerc1863 worm1864 Robert1870 reeler1879 minion of the law1882 ginger pop1887 rozzer1888 nark1890 bull1893 grasshopper1893 truncheon-bearer1896 John1898 finger1899 flatty1899 mug1903 John Dunn1904 John Hop1905 gendarme1906 Johnny Hop1908 pavement pounder1908 buttons1911 flat-foot1913 pounder1919 Hop1923 bogy1925 shamus1925 heat1928 fuzz1929 law1929 narker1932 roach1932 jonnop1938 grass1939 roller1940 Babylon1943 walloper1945 cozzer1950 Old Bill1958 cowboy1959 monaych1961 cozzpot1962 policeperson1965 woolly1965 Fed1966 wolly1970 plod1971 roz1971 Smokey Bear1974 bear1975 beast1978 woodentop1981 Five-O1983 dibble1990 Bow-street runner- society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] to let fly1611 gun1622 fire1635 pop1650 pluff1826 squib1831 crack1835 poop1915 loose1928 to turn on (or give) the heat1928 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > involvement with the police trouble1560 heat1928 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] handgun1411 piece1575 small arms1685 popper1751 shooting-iron1775 pelter1827 squib1839 shooter1840 shooting-stick1845 Betsy1856 smoke-wagon1891 rod1903 gat1904 belt gun1905 roscoe1914 smoke-stick1927 heat1928 heater1929 smoke-pole1929 John Roscoe1932 the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > pressurize to put (also bring, exert) pressure on1853 squeeze1888 pressure1911 high-pressure1925 to put the lug on1929 to put the squeeze on1941 pressurize1945 to turn the heat on1957 to lean on1960 society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] police1798 police force1820 constabulary1837 the force1851 John Law1903 button1921 fuzz1929 law1929 Babylon1943 monaych1961 filth1967 heat1967 Bill1969 Old Bill1970 beast1978 blues and twos1985 dibble1990 po-po1994 1928 Amer. Mercury May 80/1 The greatest difficulty for such a mob was to avoid another's heat. 1928 Amer. Mercury May 80/1 It's not so much your own heat you got to watch, but you're apt to run into a bunch of hoosiers out looking for another outfit just hot from some caper. 1929 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 13 Apr. 54/3 A pistol may be a heat... A man shooting a gun is fogging... ‘I fogged away with my heat until I pooped that dummy.’ 1930 Amer. Mercury Dec. 456/1 Either take our beer or it's plenty of heat for yours. 1931 G. Irwin Amer. Tramp & Underworld Slang 96 Heat, the state of mind of the police or public following a crime or series of crimes, when the people are ‘hot under the collar’ or ‘all heated up’. More lately, any trouble, as ‘in hot water’. 1931 D. Runyon Guys & Dolls (1932) iii. 58 Maybe you remember John the Boss, and the heat which develops around and about when he is scragged in Detroit? 1934 H. N. Rose Thes. Slang iii. 16/2 Cover One with a Gun (v. phr.): to turn on the heat. 1936 J. G. Brandon Pawnshop Murder xxv. 246 You planted yourself in a safe spot to give Lou the heat. 1936 H. Corey Farewell, Mr. Gangster xiv. 174 But the word went out that the government heat was on. The FBI was known to be relentless in its pursuit. 1936 H. Corey Farewell, Mr. Gangster ii. 14 During the heat on the bank robbers the field agents almost lost the habit of sleep. 1937 E. H. Sutherland Professional Thief 238 Heat, danger in general; an investigation; a policeman. 1938 ‘J. Curtis’ They drive by Night xix. 211 The bleeding heat's on here for me. 1939 R. Chandler Big Sleep xiv. 110 Then he leaned back..and held the Colt on his knee. ‘Don't kid yourself I won't use this heat, if I have to.’ 1957 Listener 24 Oct. 637/2 The moment seemed opportune to ‘turn the heat’ on Turkey. 1967 W. Murray Sweet Ride x. 168 He got busted last week and he don't take that too kindly. Guess he figured you was heat. 1969 New Yorker 19 July 20 Out the door comes this great big porcine member of the heat, all belts and bullets and pistols and keys. 1970 C. Major Dict. Afro-Amer. Slang 65 Heat, law-enforcement officer. < as lemmas |
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