| 单词 | snake-bit |
| 释义 | > as lemmassnake-bit snake-bit adj. (also snake-bitten) (a) bitten by a snake; (b) U.S. irremediably doomed to misfortune. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > wounded > stung or bitten stunga1325 stangeda1400 worried1559 stinged1565 bitten1623 gad-stricken1658 snake-bit1807 the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > doomed to misfortune fatal1509 ill-starreda1616 foredoomed1700 ill-fated1713 weirdless1821 ill-bestarreda1834 snake-bit1942 the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [adjective] > fated to disaster fatal1509 ill-fated1713 fated1817 snake-bit1957 1807 P. Gass Jrnls. 20 One of our people got snake bitten but not dangerously. 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xiv. 149 He sobbed, ‘Pa—He's snake-bit.’ 1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories 111 Ah'm snakebit and de pizen cant hawm me. 1957 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 18 Nov. 14/1 It was another long afternoon Saturday at Scott Stadium for Coach Ben Martin, his assistants and his ‘snake-bitten’ football players as they fell before South Carolina, 13–0. 1957 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 18 Nov. 14/1 Commenting on the game last Saturday afternoon Martin said: ‘We're just snake-bit that's all there is to it.’ Snake-bit is a term used by coaches when referring to a team which never seems to have a break in its favor. 1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 10 June (1970) 283 From the first moment of the day we were ‘snake-bit’—everything went wrong. 1976 Columbus (Montana) News 17 June (Joliet Suppl.) 2/3 We managed to get back to the house, not snake-bitten and not smelling too much like a skunk. < as lemmas |
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