| 单词 | what's your game? |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat's your (also his, her, etc.) game? P14. what's your (also his, her, etc.) game?: (a) used to determine a person's preferred choice of (esp. card) games; (b) used to ascertain the particular business or interest of a person; (c) used to gain an understanding of the plan, actions, or motives of a person, esp. when regarded as suspect: ‘what are you doing?’, ‘what's going on?’ ΚΠ 1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque D 2 b Scat. Come Gentlemen, what's your game? Sta. Why Gleeke, that's your onely game. a1817 J. Austen Watsons in Wks. (1954) VI. 355 ‘What's your Game?’—cried he, as they stood round the Table.—‘Speculation I beleive,’ said Elizth. 1846 C. Rowcroft Bush Ranger of Van Diemen's Land 118 ‘This is our way,’ said Brandon, pointing to the track. Grough demurred—‘What's your game, Mark?’ 1880 Punch 6 Nov. 215/1 I says, ‘What's his game?’ and he says, ‘Why he's the great man in the Anti-Tobacco Society.’ 1916 ‘J. E. Buckrose’ Matchmakers 208 ‘Come in for a game of cards to-night?’ said Tremaine... ‘What's your game?’ ‘Snap,’ said Jack, swaggering. ‘I'll bring me own pack.’ 1952 C. Simpson Come away, Pearler 108 What's her game, Ty? Is she doing this to get a ride to Darwin? 2006 M. Keyes Anybody out There? (2007) 90 After a while, she abruptly stopped ranting, looked at me through eyes narrowed with suspicion, and said, ‘What's your game?’ < as lemmas |
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