英语词汇“die game”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P1. to die game: (of a condemned criminal, soldier, etc.) to meet death resolutely; (figurative) to maintain one's spirit and endurance to the last.During the 19th cent. the phrase was associated with the character of Macheath in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera: see quot. 1826, for which however no counterpart has been traced in any earlier edition.

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the world > life > death > manner of death > die in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > die boldly or resolutely

to die game1752

the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > stoicism > to be stiff-upper-lipped [verb]

to be of (good) comfortc1320

to be of good cheera1413

to stand buff1701

to keep (carry, have) a stiff upper lip1798

to die game1886

stiff-upper-lip1977

1752To die game [see sense 1].

1771 Fair Orphan iii. i. 58 I rise with one bottle, with two nobly fall—I die, but die game, with a toll-de-roll-loll.

1809 Monthly Mirror Jan. 53 Milwood's ranting satire..has too much of the ‘Captain die-game’, of the opera above-mentioned [sc. the Beggar's Opera].]

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xv. 294 Hatteraick lay perfectly still and silent. ‘He's gaun to die game ony how’, said Dinmont.

1826 Beggars' Opera iii. iii. 49 in Cumberland's Brit. Theatre III Mac. Bring those villains to the gallows before you, and I am satisfied. Mat. We'll do it.—Good bye—but, d——e, die game, though.

1886 F. H. Doyle Reminisc. 167 Undisguisedly exulting that he and his borough had died game.

1911 Boys' Life Oct. 22/1 ‘It's all up with us, Car,’ said Frank hoarsely. ‘Let's bring down as many as we can, and then die game anyhow.’

1946 H. Fast American ii. 105 ‘What about Parsons?’ ‘He died game. They all did.’

1975 N.Y. Mag 27 Oct. 99/1 Yuh can say what yuh like about Tex, but he died game.

2007 R. B. Smith Blood Eagle 90 He died game. He died trying to leave some sort of clue in the only way he could.

单词	die game
释义	> as lemmas to die game to die game, to maintain a bold and defiant bearing to the last, i.e. like a gamecock; whence by contrast to die dung-hill; to die in one's bed, i.e. of illness or other natural cause, the opposite of which is to die in one's shoes; to die in one's boots or shoes or with one's boots on: to die a violent death, spec. to be hanged; so to die with one's boots off: to have a peaceful or unspectacular death or end; to die in harness, i.e. in full work; and in other similar phrases. to die in the last ditch: see last ditch n. at last adv., adj., and n.⁴ Compounds.extracted from diev.¹ to die game P1. to die game: (of a condemned criminal, soldier, etc.) to meet death resolutely; (figurative) to maintain one's spirit and endurance to the last.During the 19th cent. the phrase was associated with the character of Macheath in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera: see quot. 1826, for which however no counterpart has been traced in any earlier edition. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > manner of death > die in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > die boldly or resolutely to die game1752 the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > stoicism > to be stiff-upper-lipped [verb] to be of (good) comfortc1320 to be of good cheera1413 to stand buff1701 to keep (carry, have) a stiff upper lip1798 to die game1886 stiff-upper-lip1977 1752To die game [see sense 1]. 1771 Fair Orphan iii. i. 58 I rise with one bottle, with two nobly fall—I die, but die game, with a toll-de-roll-loll. 1809 Monthly Mirror Jan. 53 Milwood's ranting satire..has too much of the ‘Captain die-game’, of the opera above-mentioned [sc. the Beggar's Opera].] 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xv. 294 Hatteraick lay perfectly still and silent. ‘He's gaun to die game ony how’, said Dinmont. 1826 Beggars' Opera iii. iii. 49 in Cumberland's Brit. Theatre III Mac. Bring those villains to the gallows before you, and I am satisfied. Mat. We'll do it.—Good bye—but, d——e, die game, though. 1886 F. H. Doyle Reminisc. 167 Undisguisedly exulting that he and his borough had died game. 1911 Boys' Life Oct. 22/1 ‘It's all up with us, Car,’ said Frank hoarsely. ‘Let's bring down as many as we can, and then die game anyhow.’ 1946 H. Fast American ii. 105 ‘What about Parsons?’ ‘He died game. They all did.’ 1975 N.Y. Mag 27 Oct. 99/1 Yuh can say what yuh like about Tex, but he died game. 2007 R. B. Smith Blood Eagle 90 He died game. He died trying to leave some sort of clue in the only way he could. extracted from gameadj.¹ < as lemmas
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