| 单词 | close call |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclose call close call n. colloquial. originally U.S. = close shave at sense A. 15b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > narrow rub and go1790 touch and go1816 squeak1822 near go1826 close shave1834 a near (also close) toucher1844 squeeze1848 near-run thing1860 close call1881 1881 Harper's Mag. June 118/1 My! but that was a close call. 1887 Harper's Mag. June 160/1 A sudden swoop..saved the occasion; but it was ‘a close call’ for Sunday. 1904 F. Lynde Grafters xxiii. 284 Though he escaped with his life and his job, it was a close call. 1924 C. E. Mulford Rustler's Valley xiii. 160 ‘Milt had a close call, didn't he?’ ‘I hope he never has another as close.’ 1949 ‘J. Tey’ Brat Farrar vi. 45 The exciting things of life—riding, love-making, rescue, close calls. < as lemmas |
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