| 单词 | up the spout |
| 释义 | > as lemmasup (also in, into) the spout 9. slang. The barrel of a gun. Frequently in up (also in, into) the spout: (of a bullet or cartridge) in (or into) the barrel and ready to be fired. In quot. 1879: a gun. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adverb] > loaded spout1879 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > barrel firing barrel1370 ratch1575 barrel1644 ratcheta1650 gun-barrel1747 spout1879 1879 J. Guthrie Poems 59 Some o' the spouts, though nae weel used. 1932 F. Carty Irish Volunteer xii. 96 Rifle bolts clattered. They ‘put one up the spout’. 1966 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka's Domain xi. 128 The pin failed to fire the dud cartridge in the chamber. There was no time to pump another into the spout. 1976 G. Seymour Glory Boys xv. 191 The Uzi was concealed there. Wonder if he's put the catch off, thought Jimmy, put one up the spout. 1989 K. Smith Inside Time viii. 57 He describes his instructor pointing his weapon at gas cylinders in the house, forgetting he had bullets in the spout. 2008 R. Krott Save Last Bullet for Yourself iv. 96 I..checked the chamber to make sure there was a round up the spout. up the spout Phrases P1. colloquial (originally and chiefly English regional (Berkshire)) in great (also good) spout: in high spirits. Now rare. ΚΠ 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (at cited word) He is in great spout, he is in high spirits. 1867 J. L. Peyton Amer. Crisis I. vii. 183 They [sc. people in Berkshire] invariably..for in good spirits, [say] ‘in good spout’. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (1961) 815/2 Spout, in great, in high spirits, noisy. P2. slang or colloquial. up the spout. a. Pawned, pledged; in pawn; frequently in to put up the spout. See sense 6. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > in adversity [phrase] > in a hopeless condition up the spout1819 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > beyond hope [phrase] out of (all) curec1374 past praying for1509 up the spout1819 not to have got a prayer1924 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (transitive)] > pawn to give (also have, lay, put, take) to pledgec1384 to set, put, lay to or in wedc1384 engage1525 pawn1570 to lay (up) in lavender1584 impawn1598 oppignorate1622 pignorate1623 dip1640 to put to lumber1671 vamp1699 pop1731 sweatc1800 spout1811 lumber1819 up the spout1819 hock1878 soak1882 to put away1887 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [adjective] > relating to pawnbroking > pawned pledged1552 pawned1567 pawn-laid1598 pignorate1674 up the spout1819 pignorated1842 1819Shoving it up the spout [see sense 6]. 1819 Theatre 13 Mar. 62/2 We can't take it in, Nor put it up the spout; But we will give you six-pence freely, If you'll take it every morsel out. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxx. 260 Please to put that up the spout, ma'am, with my pins, and rings, and watch and chain, and things. 1886 D. C. Murray Cynic Fortune vii I haven't a suit of clothes fit to go in; even my wig and gown are up the spout together. 1935 G. Heyer Death in Stocks xiii. 165 If I started to put your shirts up the spout you'd have a perfect right to complain. 1999 L. Calder Financing Amer. Dream 43 Her table, her two beds, all her chairs..were hauled down to the pawnshop and ‘put up the spout’. b. figurative and in extended use: in a hopeless condition; damaged beyond repair; lost; ruined.Originally often with reference to financial difficulty or ruin. ΚΠ 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang (at cited word) ‘Tom is up the spout’—he is imprisoned,—at the hospital,—or otherwise reduced in life. 1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 351 At the expiration of thirty-five minutes, and seventeen rounds, the flue faker acknowledged he was ‘up the spout’. 1853 M. Dods Early Lett. (1910) 35 The fact is, Germany is up the spout, and consequently a damper is thrown over my hopes for next summer. 1938 Washington Post 25 Nov. x. 21 Hopes of a favored John Marshall eleven to win its first..football title went up the spout. 1945 V. S. Pritchett It may never Happen 70 But for your wonderful uncle, Vernon, we should be in Queer Street, up the spout. 1994 BBC Top Gear Mag. Aug. 100/2 Check that the engine idles cleanly, otherwise the engine management system could be up the spout. 2015 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 8 May 17 That's UKIP's immigration policy up the spout, I thought. c. Pregnant. Also: in the womb. to put (also get) (a woman) up the spout and variants: to make (a woman) pregnant, esp. out of wedlock.Cf. up the duff at duff n.7, up the pole at pole n.1 Phrases 1, up the stick at stick n.1 Phrases 21. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [adjective] greatc1175 with childc1175 with childc1300 baggeda1400 bounda1400 pregnant?a1425 quicka1450 greaterc1480 heavyc1480 teeming1530 great-bellied1533 big1535 boundenc1540 impregnate1540 great-wombeda1550 young with child1566 gravid1598 pregnate1598 pagled1599 enceinte1602 child-great1605 conceived1637 big-bellieda1646 brooding1667 in the (also a) family way1688 in the (also that) way1741 undelivered1799 ensient1818 enwombeda1822 in a delicate condition1827 gestant1851 in pod1890 up the (also a) pole1918 in a particular condition1922 preg?1927 in the spud line1937 up the spout1937 preggy1938 up the stick1941 preggers1942 in pig1945 primigravid1949 preggo1951 in a certain condition1958 gestating1961 up the creek1961 in the (pudding) cluba1966 gravidated- 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 815/2 Spout, up the,..pregnant with child... Often in form, to have been put up the spout. 1949 Landfall 3 234 Well, they say he put her up the spout. 1956 P. Scott Male Child ii. i. 95 All these years taking every possible care and suddenly there's one up the spout. 1970 ‘S. Troy’ Blind Man's Garden viii. 100 Up the spout, isn't she? I thought Michel would have had more bloody savvy. 1994 J. Mahjoub Wings of Dust ix. 113 There's another thing you should know about her... She's got one up the spout thanks to your respectable friend. 2010 M. Dolan Wishing & Hoping 28 Did you know that I knew your mother? That was before Victor got her up the spout with you, of course. < as lemmas |
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