| 单词 | hard time |
| 释义 | > as lemmashard time hard time n. originally U.S. slang time spent in prison, esp. as part of a long sentence served for a serious crime (cf. time n. 8b); frequently in to do (also serve) hard time. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > sentence or term of time1790 lagging1819 stretch1821 model1845 birdlime1857 penal1864 prison sentence1867 rap1870 bit1871 spot1895 hard time1896 sleep1911 jolt1912 bird1924 fall1926 beef1928 trick1933 porridge1950 custodial sentence1951 1896 Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-eye 30 Dec. 4/5 Oscar Barrett produced five pantomimes this year, and any criminal doing hard time had an easier December than this man. 1929 G. L. Hostetter & T. Q. Beesley It's a Racket! 227 Hard time, a long sentence to prison. 1965 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 23 Oct. 5/6 O'Toole..served hard time in Oregon but after his release became a successful businessman. 1989 Paris (Texas) News 10 Mar. 9 a/1 Men and women who are doing time—some of them hard time for serious crimes. 2012 K. Bleyer Me the People 278 These inmates had been sentenced to do hard time for their crimes; they hadn't signed up to be broadcast to the world doing it. < as lemmas |
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