| 释义 |
ˈhighman, high man
[f. high a. + man: cf. also low man.]
Usually pl. Dice loaded so as to turn up high numbers. Cf. high-runner.
1598Florio, Pise, false dice, high men or low men. 1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. ii. 341 There did I learne..to make false Dice, as your High-men and your Low-men. a1643W. Cartwright Ordinary ii. iii. in Hazl. Dodsley XII. 243 Your high And low men are but trifles; your pois'd dye, That's ballasted with quicksilver or gold. 1863Sala Capt. Dangerous II. vii. 226 Gambling bullies..throwing their Highmen. |