单词 | dice |
释义 | dicen. (properly plural): see die n.1 and in compounds such as dice-box n., dice-play n., etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). dicev. 1. a. intransitive. To play or gamble with dice. In extended use (figurative): to take great risks, esp. in to dice with death. Frequently in Motoring contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > face danger [verb (intransitive)] > risk oneself > run or take risks dicec1440 to put one's finger in the fire1546 hazardc1550 venture1560 to jeopard a joint1563 to venture a joint1570 to run (also take) a (also the) risk (also risks)1621 danger1672 risk1767 gamble1802 to ride a tiger1902 to stick (also put) one's neck out1926 to lead with one's chin1949 to tickle the dragon('s tail)1964 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > play at dice [verb (intransitive)] taveleOE dicec1440 rifle1590 to shake the elbow1705 jeff1837 to touch ivory1864 to roll (the, them) bones1891 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 121 Dycyn, or pley wythe dycys, aleo. 1519 Presentments of Juries in Surtees Misc. (1890) 32 Latt no manservauntes dysse nor carde in ther howsses. 1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. B.iiiiv Thei hauke, they hunt, thei card, they dyce. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. iii. 15 I was..vertuous enough, swore little, dic't not aboue seuen times a weeke. View more context for this quotation 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 253 If th' old man dice, th' heire in long coats will doe The like. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 97 The Dick Talbot who had diced and revelled with Grammont. b. transitive. To lose or throw away by dicing; to gamble away. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > play at dice [verb (transitive)] > lose by dicing dice1549 1549 [implied in: H. Latimer 6th Serm. before Edward VI (Arb.) 161 Dysynge howses also..where yong Gentlemenne dyse away their thrifte. (at dicing-house n.)]. 1618 N. Field Amends for Ladies i. i. sig. A3v Haue I to dice my patrimony away. 1871 T. Taylor Jeanne Darc ii. i How cheerily a king and kingdom May be diced, danced, and fiddled to the dogs! 1881 J. S. Blackie Lay Serm. i. 79 The conscript boy, torn from his father..to dice away his sweet young life in a cause with which he has no concern. c. transitive. To bring by dice-play (into, out of, etc.). ΚΠ 1843 T. B. Macaulay Addison in Ess. (1889) 721 When he diced himself into a spunging house. d. To reject, throw away; to leave alone. Australian slang. ΚΠ 1945 L. Glassop We were Rats i. i. 5 It's me name, but it's too cissy, so I dices it and picks up ‘Mick’. 1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned xxii. 214 I'll dice it—for now. 2. To cut into dice or cubes: esp. in cookery. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > perform general preparation processes [verb (transitive)] > cut in small pieces shredc1386 dice?c1390 sippet1689 mumble1728 ?c1390 Forme of Cury in Warner's Culin. Antiq. 5 Take Funges [mushrooms], and pare hem clene, and dyce hem. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 121 Dycyn, as men do brede, or other lyke, quadro. 1771 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. Housekeeper (ed. 2) App. 363 Make a ragoo of oysters and sweet-breads diced. 3. To mark or ornament with a pattern of cubes or squares; to chequer; spec. (a) (Needlework) (see quot. 1808-80); (b) (Bookbinding) to ornament (leather) with a pattern consisting of squares or diamonds: see diced adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > pattern [verb (transitive)] > geometric diaperc1400 chevron1543 diaprize1626 chequer1633 dice1694 check1798 herringbone1887 1694 J. Clayton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 126 The young Ones [snakes] have no Rattles..but they may be known..being very regularly diced or checker'd, black and gray on the backs. 1808–80 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Dice, 1. Properly, to sew a kind of waved pattern near the border of a garment..2. To weave in figures resembling dice. ΚΠ 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 8 The Butter Fly. The eye is large and globular, diced or bespeck'd here and there with black spots. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : dycediceadv. < n.v.?c1390 see also |
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