| 单词 | whistle for |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhistle for a. intransitive. To issue a call or summons, to call; whistle for, to summon. Now rare or Obsolete (except as implied in sense 1 or 4). ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command or give orders [verb (intransitive)] > summon summonc1460 whistle1560 call1590 whip1833 ring1847 society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon lathec900 hightOE clepec1000 ofclepeOE ofsendOE warna1250 callc1300 summonc1300 incalla1340 upcallc1340 summonda1400 becallc1400 ofgredec1400 require1418 assummonc1450 accitec1475 provoke1477 convey1483 mand1483 whistle1486 vocatec1494 wishc1515 to call up1530 citea1533 convent1540 convocate1542 prorogate1543 accersit1548 whistle for1560 advocatea1575 citate1581 evocate1639 demand1650 to warn in1654 summons1694 invoke1697 to send for1744 to turn up1752 requisition1800 whip1857 1560 Bp. J. Pilkington Aggeus the Prophete (1562) 158 Drought, hunger, plage, sworde, do tarye..for God's callinge and as soone as he whystles, they come straighte. a1626 F. Bacon Advice King Sutton's Est. in Wks. (1826) V. 381 The greatness of the reward doth whistle for the ablest men..to supply the chair. to whistle for a. to go whistle: to go and do what one will, to occupy oneself idly or to no purpose (esp. in phrases expressing unceremonious or contemptuous dismissal or refusal, as to bid one go whistle; also without go). to whistle for: to seek, await, or expect in vain, to fail to get, to go without (cf. note under sense 1). colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > contempt or disesteem [phrase] > expressions of contempt a straw forc1374 to blow the buck's hornc1405 to go whistle1453 fig's enda1616 to do the other thing1628 indeed1834 (in a) pig's eye (also ear, arse)1847 drop dead1934 the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (intransitive)] > be dismissed or rejected to go whistle1453 to go hanga1616 pluck1772 to be left in the basketa1845 to go (also be thrown, etc.) out (of) the window1913 to be out (of) the window1938 to get knotted1963 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)] > expect in vain to whistle for1605 1453–4 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 106 If eny man pretende so greet a curiosite anentis þe persoon of crist þat he lackid þe passioun of angir, he may go whistle til he leerne bettir. 1513 More in Hall Chron., Edw. V. (1548) 9 b There they spende and byd their creditours goo whystle. 1605 London Prodigall ii. iv. 173 The Deuen-shyre man shall whistle for a wife. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 698 This being done, let the Law goe whistle . View more context for this quotation 1642 W. Prynne Pleasant Pvrge 157 There is no Altar, Table in the Text. You may goe whistle then. 1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 271 Men are apt to promise any thing in danger, and to perform nothing when out of it, according to the Proverb of their Countrey:..When the danger's past, the Saint may go whistle. 1741 W. Shenstone Poet & Dun 24 Your fame is secure—bid the critics go whistle. 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal II. ii. xiv ‘Do not you desire to be free?’..‘aye! that I do! but I may whistle for that wind long enough, before it will blow.’ 1812 G. Colman Poet. Vagaries 7 You may as well go whistle as go think Of mending the confusion. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 130 And sae we'll leave Mr. Sharpitlaw to whistle on his thumb. 1882 G. Bloomfield Reminisc. I. i. 14 She..rode off, telling him he might whistle for his money. < as lemmas |
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