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

P5. slang. to shoot (also †bolt, †shove) the moon: to abscond by night, ‘to do a moonlight flit’.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (intransitive)] > inhabit house > move house > by night to avoid paying rent

to shove the moon1809

to shoot (also bolt, shove) the moon1812

to shoot the moon1836

moonlight1903

1812 ‘M. Delany’ Murphy Delany's Feast 16 She wish'd to gammon her landlord, and likewise bolt the moon.

1823 P. Egan Grose's Dict. Vulgar Tongue Shoving the Moon, moving goods by moonlight to prevent their being seized by the landlord. Cant.

1837 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 123 He having just ‘shot the moon’, I had to follow him to a cockloft in St. Giles's.

1892 I. Zangwill Big Bow Myst. 10 It is well for the landlord to be about his own estate in Bow, where poachers often shoot the moon.

1941 N. Marsh Surfeit of Lampreys i. 19 In a vague sort of way I fancy we were shooting the moon.

1985 R. Whelan Robert Capa v. 52 They would occupy a hotel room for a few weeks, until they had stretched to the limit their excuses for not paying, then ‘shoot the moon’ and move on to new quarters.

d. to shoot the moon: to remove household goods by night in order to avoid seizure for rent. (Cf. the older phrase in shove v.¹ 10c.)

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (intransitive)] > inhabit house > move house > by night to avoid paying rent

to shove the moon1809

to shoot (also bolt, shove) the moon1812

to shoot the moon1836

moonlight1903

1836 Comic Almanack 21 And, lack-a-day! here's Quarter Day; It always comes too soon; So we by night must take our flight, For we must shoot the moon!

1844 A. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. iii. 36 Gradually moving all his things away, and shooting the moon to a friend's lodging.

1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men I. iv. 106 I let his houses..; I warned him when shooting of moons seemed likely.

单词	shoot the moon
释义	> as lemmas to shoot (also †bolt, †shove) the moon P5. slang. to shoot (also †bolt, †shove) the moon: to abscond by night, ‘to do a moonlight flit’. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (intransitive)] > inhabit house > move house > by night to avoid paying rent to shove the moon1809 to shoot (also bolt, shove) the moon1812 to shoot the moon1836 moonlight1903 1812 ‘M. Delany’ Murphy Delany's Feast 16 She wish'd to gammon her landlord, and likewise bolt the moon. 1823 P. Egan Grose's Dict. Vulgar Tongue Shoving the Moon, moving goods by moonlight to prevent their being seized by the landlord. Cant. 1837 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 123 He having just ‘shot the moon’, I had to follow him to a cockloft in St. Giles's. 1892 I. Zangwill Big Bow Myst. 10 It is well for the landlord to be about his own estate in Bow, where poachers often shoot the moon. 1941 N. Marsh Surfeit of Lampreys i. 19 In a vague sort of way I fancy we were shooting the moon. 1985 R. Whelan Robert Capa v. 52 They would occupy a hotel room for a few weeks, until they had stretched to the limit their excuses for not paying, then ‘shoot the moon’ and move on to new quarters. extracted from moonn.¹ to shoot the moon d. to shoot the moon: to remove household goods by night in order to avoid seizure for rent. (Cf. the older phrase in shove v.¹ 10c.) ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (intransitive)] > inhabit house > move house > by night to avoid paying rent to shove the moon1809 to shoot (also bolt, shove) the moon1812 to shoot the moon1836 moonlight1903 1836 Comic Almanack 21 And, lack-a-day! here's Quarter Day; It always comes too soon; So we by night must take our flight, For we must shoot the moon! 1844 A. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. iii. 36 Gradually moving all his things away, and shooting the moon to a friend's lodging. 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men I. iv. 106 I let his houses..; I warned him when shooting of moons seemed likely. extracted from shootv. < as lemmas
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