单词 | jug-handled |
释义 | > as lemmasjug-handled jug-handled adj. (a) literal placed on one side, as the handle of a jug; (b) figurative (U.S.) unilateral, one-sided, unbalanced. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [adjective] > having sides > one-sided one-sided1793 jug-handled1881 1881 Congress. Rec. 8 Dec. 60/2 English reciprocity in pleasure travel,..like their often proposed commercial reciprocity, is comparatively jug-handled. 1894 Advance (Chicago) 27 Dec. 435/3 It is a little unfortunate that the father of the proposal for an impartial board of arbitrators should also be the author of the jug-handled compulsory proposition recently laid before the public. 1901 Standard 1 June President McKinley remains opposed to jug-handled or one-sided reciprocity. 1904 Boston Herald 28 Sept. 6 The trade between Canada and the United States is..jug-handled. < as lemmas |
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