单词 | long knife |
释义 | long knifen. 1. In plural. Used in expressions denoting treacherous massacres or purges. a. treachery (also plot, treason) of the long knives: a legendary massacre of the Britons by the Saxons under Hengist in the 5th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [noun] > instance of slaughter1483 Sicilian Vespers1586 plot of the long knivesa1604 blood feast?1611 Parisian matins1614 Parisian massacre1657 bloodbath1814 Roman holiday1818 holocaust1833 bath of blood1882 pogrom1889 bloodfest1907 blood purge1959 a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 49 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Through the treason of Hengist, (which the Britaines call Toill y Killill Hirion, the treason of the long knives) the Nobles and Princes of Britaine were slaine and buried. 1640 W. Vaughan Church Militant 118 The long Knives Complot, which like a Torch From time to time did their gall'd Entrailes scorch. 1820 Cambro-Briton Jan. 171 The meeting of the principal men of the Cymry and the Saxon claimants on the mountain of Caer Caradawg, where the Plot of the Long Knives took place. 1862 G. Borrow Wild Wales II. xx. 226 Hengist had commanded..that..each Saxon should draw his long sax, or knife,..and should plunge it into the throat of his neighbour... This infernal carnage the Welsh have appropriately denominated the treachery of the long knives. 1982 R. Morris Char. King Arthur Medieval Lit. iv. 52 We can see Geoffrey doing this by developing such incidents as the Treachery of the Long Knives, which demonstrates the Saxons' betrayal of universal human values. 2010 T. Duggett Gothic Romanticism ii. 77 Reversing the Treason of the Long Knives, Wordsworth makes his younger self into a civilized Gothic Saxon in need of protection from the barbarous Celtic Briton. b. night of the long knives: (among Nazis) violent action against opponents, esp. the arrest and killing of numerous prominent rivals (notably Ernst Röhm and other leaders of the Sturmabteilung) by the Nazi leadership, 30 June–2 July 1934; hence used allusively of any similar decisive or ruthless dealings by leaders with associates or staff. ΚΠ 1932 Times 2 Aug. 10/3 Prominent Nazi leaders have played upon the imaginations of their followers..with such phrases as ‘the night of the long knives’ and ‘a vengeance for every Nazi killed’. 1937 S. H. Roberts House Hitler Built ii. iii. 114 Such seem to have been the facts of this ‘Night of the Long Knives’ (the name given to it by Hitler and taken from one of the earliest marching songs of the Nazis). 1960 ‘W. Haggard’ Closed Circuit iii. 29 Many would die in any night of the long knives. 1968 J. Bingham I love, I Kill iv. 44 There was not the ‘night of the long knives’ feeling you get when a commercial management has ten thousand smackers at stake. 1989 Independent (Nexis) 4 Nov. After her own version of the Night of the Long Knives, Mrs Thatcher could be said to have taken a leaf out of Macmillan's book. 2010 B. Yenne Hitler's Master of Dark Arts vii. 86 The Night of the Long Knives turned out to be an extraordinary SS recruiting tool. c. figurative or in figurative contexts, denoting the ruthless removal of unwanted associates or employees. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [noun] > clearing or sweeping away > riddance > specifically of persons expurgation1615 purge1893 sweep-out1947 long knives1967 1967 W. R. Manchester Death of President i. i. 93 He could be fairly confident of surviving the long knives of Austin. 1979 P. White Let. 15 July (1994) xiv. 522 The long knives will be out. 1993 Money Apr. 158/1 This special 12-page section can help you avoid the long knives. 2003 BusinessWeek 17 Nov. 65/2 The long knives are out for Japan's dashing Premier—and the knives are being pulled by party insiders. 2. North American. Frequently in plural and with capital initials. (A translation of) a name given by North American Indians to a white settler, esp. of Virginia, or a white soldier; (sometimes spec.) a citizen of the United States as opposed to a Canadian or other British subject in North America. Cf. Big Knife n. Now historical.In quot. 1806: a nickname for the U.S. Congress. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [noun] white mana1398 Christian1622 European1666 white-face1684 long knife1784 buckra1794 sahib1796 white-skin1803 whitey1811 Pakeha1817 papalagi1817 paleface1823 whitefellow1826 Abelungu1836 haole1843 gringo1849 lightiea1855 umlungu1859 mzungu1860 heaven-burster1861 ladino1877 mooniasc1880 Conchy Joe1888 béké1889 ofay1899 ridge runner1904 Ngati Pakeha1905 kelch1912 pink1913 leucoderm1924 fay1927 Mr Charlie1928 pinkie1935 devil1938 wonk1938 oaf1941 grey1943 paddy1945 Caucasoid1956 Jumble1957 Caucasian1958 white boy1958 pinko-grey1964 honky1967 toubab1976 palagi1977 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] long knife1784 Yankeec1784 Yankee Doodle1787 Columbian1789 Brother Jonathan1816 norteamericano1839 United Statesian1845 Joe1947 Yanqui1969 1784 J. Filson Adventures D. Boon in Discov. Kentucke App. 62 The savages now learned the superiority of the Long Knife, as they call the Virginians, by experience. 1788 W. Biggs Captivity 13 He again asked if I was a Shemolsea (that is a long knife or a Virginian). 1806 L. Dow Trav. & Providential Experience II. 65 But they [sc. the Indians] being afraid of Long-knife, (i.e. Congress) refrained from violence. 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. v. 135 If the Tetons lose their great chief by the hands of the Long-knives, old shall die as well as young! 1838 A. Jameson Winter Stud. & Summer Rambles Canada III. 55 A distinguished Pottowottomie warrior..was..a good friend to the Long-knives, (The Americans). 1848 J. F. Cooper Oak Openings I. xi. 168 Until the ‘long-knives and leather-stockings’ came into the woods, the red man had his way. 1868 J. MacMullen Hist. Canada (ed. 2) xiii. 256 The north-western Indian tribes..cordially disliked the Americans, whom they termed Long-knives. 1908 W. R. Nursey Story Isaac Brock xviii. 100 ‘My object,’ said Brock, addressing the Indians, ‘is to assist you to drive the “Long-knives” from the frontier.’ 1959 N. Sluman Blackfoot Crossing 33 Crowfoot says that the border—the medicine line—protects his people from the Long Knives. 1972 J. Mosher Some would call it Adultery iii. xvi. 147 Brought General Terry and his ‘Long Knives’, as the Indians called U.S. Cavalry, ‘up across the border, Mounted Police or no’. 1994 Indian Country Today 29 Dec. b11/4 The ‘Long Knives,’ as the soldiers were called by the Indians, claimed this was their day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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