英语词汇“over the wall”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P8. to go over the wall and variants: (a) to go to prison; (b) to escape from prison; (c) to leave a religious order; (d) to defect (to another country). Hence (e) over the wall adverbial phrase, escaped from prison; in prison. slang.

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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [adverb] > escaped from prison

over the wall1917

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > be imprisoned [verb (intransitive)] > go to prison

to go over the wall1917

to go away1949

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [phrase] > escape from prison

to go over the wall1917

society > faith > church government > monasticism > [verb (transitive)] > leave an order

to go over the wall1917

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > disloyalty > cast off allegiance or defect [verb (intransitive)]

recede1520

defect1596

degenerate1602

to fall overa1616

to go over the wall1917

1917 W. Muir Observ. Orderly xiv. 228 He would be observed ‘going over the wall’ or ‘going to stir’ (going to detention prison).

b.1933 Amer. Speech 8 iii. 27/1 Go over the wall, escape.1936 L. Duncan (title) Over the wall.1936 L. Duncan Over Wall vi. 95 Us guys..pull wires to get jobs as guards, and you convicts go over the wall whenever you can.1963 Times 5 June 16/1 He knew it was an unwritten law that an escape extinguished such a debt, and so he decided to ‘go over the wall’. He gave himself up at Clacton-on-Sea.1974 ‘P. B. Yuill’ Hazell plays Solomon vi. 66 You really think Mancini would've tried to go over the wall?c.1949 M. Baldwin (title) I leap over the wall. A return to the world after twenty-eight years in a convent.1970 Harper's Mag. Apr. 110 Mr. Vizzard was a Jesuit seminarian who yearned for the world, leapt over the wall, and found what he was looking for in Hollywood.1979 ‘E. Anthony’ Grave of Truth vii. 190 A bride of Christ, eh? What happens if she jumps over the wall..decides she's had enough of convent life..?d.1976 M. Butterworth Remains to be Seen v. 84 The bloody place [sc. the Foreign Office]..has never been the same since Kim [Philby] went over the wall.e.1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 85/2 Over the wall, escaped from prison.1973 G. Beare Snake on Grave xxiii. 141 He's out. Over the wall.

单词	over the wall
释义	> as lemmas over the wall P8. to go over the wall and variants: (a) to go to prison; (b) to escape from prison; (c) to leave a religious order; (d) to defect (to another country). Hence (e) over the wall adverbial phrase, escaped from prison; in prison. slang. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [adverb] > escaped from prison over the wall1917 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > be imprisoned [verb (intransitive)] > go to prison to go over the wall1917 to go away1949 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [phrase] > escape from prison to go over the wall1917 society > faith > church government > monasticism > [verb (transitive)] > leave an order to go over the wall1917 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > disloyalty > cast off allegiance or defect [verb (intransitive)] recede1520 defect1596 degenerate1602 to fall overa1616 to go over the wall1917 a. 1917 W. Muir Observ. Orderly xiv. 228 He would be observed ‘going over the wall’ or ‘going to stir’ (going to detention prison). b.1933 Amer. Speech 8 iii. 27/1 Go over the wall, escape.1936 L. Duncan (title) Over the wall.1936 L. Duncan Over Wall vi. 95 Us guys..pull wires to get jobs as guards, and you convicts go over the wall whenever you can.1963 Times 5 June 16/1 He knew it was an unwritten law that an escape extinguished such a debt, and so he decided to ‘go over the wall’. He gave himself up at Clacton-on-Sea.1974 ‘P. B. Yuill’ Hazell plays Solomon vi. 66 You really think Mancini would've tried to go over the wall?c.1949 M. Baldwin (title) I leap over the wall. A return to the world after twenty-eight years in a convent.1970 Harper's Mag. Apr. 110 Mr. Vizzard was a Jesuit seminarian who yearned for the world, leapt over the wall, and found what he was looking for in Hollywood.1979 ‘E. Anthony’ Grave of Truth vii. 190 A bride of Christ, eh? What happens if she jumps over the wall..decides she's had enough of convent life..?d.1976 M. Butterworth Remains to be Seen v. 84 The bloody place [sc. the Foreign Office]..has never been the same since Kim [Philby] went over the wall.e.1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 85/2 Over the wall, escaped from prison.1973 G. Beare Snake on Grave xxiii. 141 He's out. Over the wall. extracted from walln.¹ < as lemmas
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