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

8. Australian and New Zealand slang. To spend in drink or riot. Hence knocking down n.

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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > waste time or money in drink

drink1492

tipplea1625

wine?1624

to knock down1852

soak1903

1852 in Occas. Papers Univ. Sydney Austral. Lang. Res. Centre (1966) No. 9. 15 They then go ‘upon the burst’ as they call it, and drink until all their earnings are ‘knocked down’.

1861 H. W. Harper Lett. from N.Z. (1914) 65 [Station hands] proceed to ‘knock down their cheque’, giving it to the landlord and bidding him treat all comers as long as it lasts.

1866 Bk. Canterbury Rhymes 19 I knock my earnings down [at the Royal Hotel].

1869 M. Clarke Peripatetic Philosopher (reprint) 80 Knocked down thirteen notes, and went to bed as tight as a fly.

1874 A. Bathgate Colonial Experiences xi. 142 He would get amongst a bad lot and knock down every penny of our hard-earned cash.

1879 J. Grey His Island Home iii. 32/1 They were ‘knocking down’ their cheques and living at the rate of ten thousand a year.

1879 J. Grey His Island Home iii. 32/1 They appear to derive intense satisfaction from the knocking down process until their resources were exhausted.

1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. xiii. 99 They could earn money, and..proceeded to ‘knock down’ the same by means of..alcoholic indulgence.

1884 Marcus Clarke Memor. Vol. 135 At shearing time, when the ‘hands’ knocked down their cheques.

1904 M. Cradock Sport in N.Z. i. i. 10 Their rabbit cheques generally find their way to the nearest public house, to be ‘knocked down’ as soon as received.

1965 J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry 1 Knock down, to spend a cheque, usually in one quick celebration.

单词	knocking down
释义	> as lemmas knocking down 8. Australian and New Zealand slang. To spend in drink or riot. Hence knocking down n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > waste time or money in drink drink1492 tipplea1625 wine?1624 to knock down1852 soak1903 1852 in Occas. Papers Univ. Sydney Austral. Lang. Res. Centre (1966) No. 9. 15 They then go ‘upon the burst’ as they call it, and drink until all their earnings are ‘knocked down’. 1861 H. W. Harper Lett. from N.Z. (1914) 65 [Station hands] proceed to ‘knock down their cheque’, giving it to the landlord and bidding him treat all comers as long as it lasts. 1866 Bk. Canterbury Rhymes 19 I knock my earnings down [at the Royal Hotel]. 1869 M. Clarke Peripatetic Philosopher (reprint) 80 Knocked down thirteen notes, and went to bed as tight as a fly. 1874 A. Bathgate Colonial Experiences xi. 142 He would get amongst a bad lot and knock down every penny of our hard-earned cash. 1879 J. Grey His Island Home iii. 32/1 They were ‘knocking down’ their cheques and living at the rate of ten thousand a year. 1879 J. Grey His Island Home iii. 32/1 They appear to derive intense satisfaction from the knocking down process until their resources were exhausted. 1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. xiii. 99 They could earn money, and..proceeded to ‘knock down’ the same by means of..alcoholic indulgence. 1884 Marcus Clarke Memor. Vol. 135 At shearing time, when the ‘hands’ knocked down their cheques. 1904 M. Cradock Sport in N.Z. i. i. 10 Their rabbit cheques generally find their way to the nearest public house, to be ‘knocked down’ as soon as received. 1965 J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry 1 Knock down, to spend a cheque, usually in one quick celebration. extracted from knockv. < as lemmas
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