| 单词 | number ten |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnumber ten number ten adj. and n. (a) adj. Military slang (usually in form number ten), (originally in context of the Korean War and, in later use, the Vietnam War) very bad, terrible, rotten; (b) n. (usually in form Number Ten), Number 10 Downing Street, the official London home of the British Prime Minister; also (by metonymy) denoting the British Prime Minister or the British Government. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective] > very subter-superlative1655 terrible1775 third-rate1814 ternary1826 tenth-rate1834 No. Ten1880 tenth-remove1905 awful1916 raggedy1921 stinko1924 piss-poor1945 number ten1953 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > official residence > [noun] > specific Downing Street1772 white house1811 stud house1813 number ten1953 1953 in E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 6) Suppl. 1201/1 The various degrees in the state of a soldier's feelings in Korea are seldom expressed in the well-worn favourites of World War II. He is rarely ‘browned off’... No sir. He's just ‘number one’ to ‘number ten’. 1958 L. Durrell Mountolive iv. 86 Even in the rain there was the usual little cluster of tourists and loungers outside the gates of Number Ten. 1991 Economist 7 Dec. 38/1 The impression from Number Ten is that Mr Major had expected that a tough British position would produce..concessions. 1995 G. L. Steinbrook Allies & Mates 71 You cheap Charlie, number 10 GI, number 10,000 GI. number ten c. A thing or person distinguished by the number ten, usually as the tenth of a series; 10 A (see quot. 1907). number ten, also No. 10: see number ten adj. and n. at number n. Compounds 3d. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > ten > [noun] > group of ten > one bearing number ten ten1888 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > first minister of a ruler or state > British prime minister > office or residence of number ten1888 1888 H. Morten Sketches Hosp. Life 70 I say, tell Ten I am so sorry for him. I wish I could go to the ward! 1906 H. Müller Reminisc. 43 Giovanni endured the punishment that is the Austrian equivalent for ‘10 A’. 1907 Cassell's Mag. Feb. 295/1 For fourteen [days] he was put on ‘10 A’, which is short for no grog, no tobacco. a1911 Mod. Number ten, it is your turn to play. 1927 P. Riley Mem. 74 The drastic punishment, known as ‘10.A’ was introduced into the Service at the same time [sc. Jan. 1875]. < as lemmas |
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