单词 | slap on the back |
释义 | > as lemmasslap on the back (or shoulder) a. A smart blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something having a flat surface; a smack; an impact of this nature. slap on the back (or shoulder): as a hearty gesture of friendship or congratulation. Also figurative. Cf. back-slapping adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > blow struck with an object or instrument > with something flat clap?14.. patc1425 skelpc1440 plata1522 slat1611 slapping1632 slap1648 flop1662 smack1775 smacker1775 skelping1818 spat1823 spatting1840 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > symbol of friendship > hearty gesture of friendship slap on the back (or shoulder)1820 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > [noun] > gesture of slap on the back (or shoulder)1820 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Flabbe, a Slash, or a Slap with a sword on the face. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 45 One..got behind me in the Interim, and hit me a sound Slap on the Back. 1730 J. Thomson Winter in Seasons 217 The leap, the slap, the haul. 1767 I. Bickerstaff Love in City i. ii If we had not been in church, I would have hit her a slap in the face. 1820 W. Irving Legend Sleepy Hollow in Sketch Bk. vi. 94 His hospitable attentions were brief, but expressive, being confined to a shake of the hand, a slap on the shoulder..and a pressing invitation to ‘reach to, and help themselves’. 1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous xi, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. IV. 261 Not believing, that the knowledge..can be at once conferred by the slap of the flat of a sword. c1850 Arabian Nights (Rtldg.) 294 She seized her nurse's head, and gave her repeated slaps and blows. 1863 G. Meredith Let. 19 Feb. (1970) I. 193 Did you say in it you are sorry for your virulent offensive letter that I received?.. If so, a slap on the back and we're friends again. 1882 B. D. W. Ramsay Recoll. Mil. Serv. I. ix. 216 I felt a slap on my back which nearly sent me down the companion-ladder. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island ii. viii. 62 He seemed in the most cheerful spirits..with a merry word or a slap on the shoulder for the more favoured of his guests. 1929 L. MacNeice Blind Fireworks 5 There are lines which may, by the incautious, be (wrongly) read in a merry slap-on-the-back fashion. to slap (someone) on the back a. transitive. To strike or smack (a person or thing) smartly, esp. with the open hand or with something having a flat surface; to hit (one) on, upon, or over (a certain part) in this way. Also to slap (someone) on the back: to clap (someone) on the back as a gesture of goodwill or congratulation; to treat in a hearty or jovial manner. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (reflexive)] > with the open hand slap1632 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > strike with an object > with something flat platOE skelpa1400 flapc1440 pat1533 slap1632 spatc1832 smack1835 paddle1847 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > congratulate (a person) [verb (transitive)] faina1300 joy1483 congratulate1548 gratulate1598 felicitate1638 compliment1718 to slap (someone) on the back1908 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) To slappe, frapper. Voyez to flap. 1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer iii. i I should hate, man, to have my father's wife kissed and slapped..by another man. 1690 J. Crowne Eng. Frier iii. 22 Must I be slap'd over the lips by every fellow? 1747 J. Relph Misc. Poems Gloss. To slap, to beat. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. vii. 113 He slapt his forehead, as if he had hit upon something material. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. ii. 10 Sir William slapped the calf of the leg he was caressing. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxix. 146 I was trying on Miss Marie's dress, and she slapped my face. 1877 R. H. Roberts Harry Holbrooke of Holbrooke Hall viii. 121 He slapped the palm of her hand very vigorously. 1908 E. M. Forster Room with View x. 173 I said, ‘Hooray, old boy!’ and slapped him on the back. 1914 A. C. Benson Jrnl. in D. Newsome On Edge of Paradise (1980) x. 320 M. F. was always the sort of man who slapped everyone on the back. 1931 R. Campbell Georgiad iii. 54 Nicolson who in his weekly crack Will slap the meanest scribbler on the back. 1941 ‘R. West’ Black Lamb & Grey Falcon I. 496 The stocky little men were.. lifting their glasses to him and slapping him on the back. < as lemmas |
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