英语词汇“up the river”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. down the river: (a) (in seven-card stud, with reference to the last card dealt) face down; cf. down the river n. at Phrases 7; (b) (also in other forms of poker) in or into the closing stages of a hand; at the dealing of the last card; also occasionally up the river. Cf. down the river at Phrases 5, up the river at Phrases 6.

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1949 G. S. Coffin Fortune Poker viii. 67 The last card is dealt down (down the river) followed by the fifth-and-last interval.

1978 D. Brunson How I made over $1,000,000 playing Poker 140 Wait until Fifth or Sixth St. to raise—because by then you can be pretty sure that they'll be going down the river (to the end) with you.

1979 Washington Post 24 June m6/2 I got kings up the river.

1981 in T. L. Clark Dict. Gambling & Gaming (1987) 182/1 You might catch something good on the flop..and then get snapped off down the river if somebody fills a flush on sixth street.

2004 G. McDonald Deal me In! (2005) vi. 82 The automated ‘dealer’ [in an online game] plays very aggressively... If you stay in the hand, it's likely the dealer will too, all the way down the river.

P6. colloquial (originally U.S.). up the river: to prison; (originally) spec. to Sing Sing prison, situated up the Hudson River from the city of New York. Now also: in prison. Frequently in to send a person up the river.See also sense 8a(b).

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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [adverb] > to prison

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1864 C. G. Halpine Life & Adventures of Private Miles O'Reilly 142 He hoped this year that they might be enabled to send up the river—he did not mean to Sing Sing, but to Albany—four Senators and seventeen Assemblymen of the best possible stripe.]

1874 C. Sutton N.Y. Tombs xx. 248 ‘Well, Colonel,’ he remarked, when the Colonel was brought before him, ‘here you are again. This time I think you stand a good chance for a trip up the river.’

1891 in H. Campbell Darkness & Daylight (1892) ii. 75 Lager-beer had come up since I went up the river.

1905 C. H. Day Actress & Clerk v. 53 I didn't go up the river for several stretches for nothing, I didn't. I've got a record.

1946 Chicago Daily News 5 Mar. 8/3 I done it. Send me up the river. Give me the hot seat.

1990 ‘E. McBain’ Vespers xii. 285 Blackmail, or extortion, was punishable by a max of fifteen years. A long stretch up the river if you threatened to tattle unless someone paid you off.

1990 B. Roche Poor Beast in Rain i. i. 9 We were queer and lucky not to be sent up the river that time boy.

2008 L. Fairstein Killer Heat xiv. 90 I'll find this beast and you'll send him up the river for the rest of his life.

单词	up the river
释义	> as lemmas up the river a. down the river: (a) (in seven-card stud, with reference to the last card dealt) face down; cf. down the river n. at Phrases 7; (b) (also in other forms of poker) in or into the closing stages of a hand; at the dealing of the last card; also occasionally up the river. Cf. down the river at Phrases 5, up the river at Phrases 6. ΚΠ 1949 G. S. Coffin Fortune Poker viii. 67 The last card is dealt down (down the river) followed by the fifth-and-last interval. 1978 D. Brunson How I made over $1,000,000 playing Poker 140 Wait until Fifth or Sixth St. to raise—because by then you can be pretty sure that they'll be going down the river (to the end) with you. 1979 Washington Post 24 June m6/2 I got kings up the river. 1981 in T. L. Clark Dict. Gambling & Gaming (1987) 182/1 You might catch something good on the flop..and then get snapped off down the river if somebody fills a flush on sixth street. 2004 G. McDonald Deal me In! (2005) vi. 82 The automated ‘dealer’ [in an online game] plays very aggressively... If you stay in the hand, it's likely the dealer will too, all the way down the river. extracted from rivern.¹ up the river P6. colloquial (originally U.S.). up the river: to prison; (originally) spec. to Sing Sing prison, situated up the Hudson River from the city of New York. Now also: in prison. Frequently in to send a person up the river.See also sense 8a(b). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [adverb] > to prison up the river1874 1864 C. G. Halpine Life & Adventures of Private Miles O'Reilly 142 He hoped this year that they might be enabled to send up the river—he did not mean to Sing Sing, but to Albany—four Senators and seventeen Assemblymen of the best possible stripe.] 1874 C. Sutton N.Y. Tombs xx. 248 ‘Well, Colonel,’ he remarked, when the Colonel was brought before him, ‘here you are again. This time I think you stand a good chance for a trip up the river.’ 1891 in H. Campbell Darkness & Daylight (1892) ii. 75 Lager-beer had come up since I went up the river. 1905 C. H. Day Actress & Clerk v. 53 I didn't go up the river for several stretches for nothing, I didn't. I've got a record. 1946 Chicago Daily News 5 Mar. 8/3 I done it. Send me up the river. Give me the hot seat. 1990 ‘E. McBain’ Vespers xii. 285 Blackmail, or extortion, was punishable by a max of fifteen years. A long stretch up the river if you threatened to tattle unless someone paid you off. 1990 B. Roche Poor Beast in Rain i. i. 9 We were queer and lucky not to be sent up the river that time boy. 2008 L. Fairstein Killer Heat xiv. 90 I'll find this beast and you'll send him up the river for the rest of his life. extracted from rivern.¹ < as lemmas
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