| 单词 | to wet one's whistle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wet (erron. whet) one's whistle 2. colloquial. A jocular name for the mouth or throat as used in speaking or singing; chiefly in to wet (erron. whet) one's whistle, to take a drink. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] drinkc1000 to wet (one's) whistle, weasand, mouth, beak, beardc1386 bumc1390 to wet (erron. whet) one's whistlec1405 tipple1648 to suck one's face1699 to moisten or wet one's clay1708 to water one's clay1751 the world > life > the body > speech organs > types of speech organ > [noun] > throat throatc1275 whistlea1625 quail-pipe1693 the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > [noun] > respiratory passages > wind-pipe arberc1330 stroup1338 arterya1398 string1398 weasand1398 tracheac1400 thrapple?c1425 throat-goll1530 windpipe1530 weezle1538 weasand-pipe1544 throat pipe?1559 lung-pipe1562 whistlea1625 weezle-pipe1632 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 235 So was hir ioly whistle wel ywet. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 780 I wete my whystell, as good drinkers do, je crocque la pie. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe ii. ii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nn4/1 Lets have no pitty, for if you doe, heres that shall cutt your whistle. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iii. 75 Lets..drink the other cup to wet our whistles, and so sing away all sad thoughts. View more context for this quotation 1674 T. Flatman Belly God 46 First whet thy whistle with some good Metheglin. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 216 He, that laugh'd, until he choak'd his Whistle. 1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. i. i. xi. 28 They did not only moisten their Pates, but their Whistles too. 1787 J. Wolcot Ode upon Ode in Wks. (1812) I. 447 Nor damn thy precious soul to wet thy whistle. 1836 Hooton Bilberry Thurland II. 8 Let's have another drop to keep my whistle wet. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xiii. 91 Whet your whistle, Jem. < as lemmas |
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