| 释义 |
split-arse, -ass, a. slang.
[f. split ppl. a. + arse n.]
1. split-arse mechanic (see quot.).
1903Farmer & Henley Slang VI. 317/1 Split-arse mechanic,..a harlot.
2. Forces' slang (orig. Air Force).
a. Classy, showy; (of an airman) reckless, that performs stunts; (of aircraft) having good manœuvrability.
1917F. T. Nettleingham Tommy's Tunes 49 The expression ‘a splitass merchant’ is applied indiscriminately to a reckless individual or to a really good flyer capable of executing stunts with a modicum of safety. 1919W. H. Downing Digger Dialects 47 Split-ass, unusual. 1934V. M. Yeates Winged Victory ii. xii. 288 They were sufficiently splitarse and did all the stunts, but there was nothing like a Camel for lightness of touch. 1946J. Irving Royal Navalese 163 Split-ass, showy. 1966A. La Bern Goodbye Piccadilly vi. 67 The Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm used to describe certain flyers as ‘split⁓arse types’. This coarse expression was reserved for outstandingly reckless airmen.
b. split-arse cap (see quots.).
1931Brophy & Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier (ed. 3) 360 Split-arse cap, the old R.F.C. cap, rather like a Glengarry. 1945C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake (ed. 2) 56 Split-arse cap, the field service cap as distinct from the peaked dress service cap.
Hence as n., a flying stunt (see also quot. 1919); as v. intr., to make a sudden turn in an aircraft; to perform stunt flying; ˈsplit-arsing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1917F. T. Nettleingham Tommy's Tunes 49 So won't you splitass back Along the track To my dear old Omer Town. 1919W. H. Downing Digger Dialects 47 Split-ass, an aeroplane on its side in banking for a sharp turn. 1929Papers Mich. Acad. Sci., Arts & Lett. X. 325/2 Splitass, to do stunt flying, or to fly in a reckless manner. 1931Brophy & Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier (ed. 3) 360 Split-arsing,..stunting low and flying near the roofs of..huts. 1934V. M. Yeates Winged Victory iii. iv. 326 The triplanes had come down..and did some diving at the splitarsing Camels but didn't hit anyone. Ibid. vi. 347 Something fired at him. He splitarsed and nearly hit an SE. 1945C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake (ed. 2) 56 Split-arse, stunt. |