英语词汇“stiff one”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Rigid in death. stiff and stark: see stark adj. 5b. stiff one, stiff 'un, (a) a corpse (slang); (b) slang a racehorse certain to lose or not to run at all (cf. sense A. 2f below and B. 3b); (c) slang a forged note or cheque (properly sense A. 1: cf. A. 2).

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the world > life > the body > dead body > [noun]

lichc893

dust?a1000

holdc1000

bonesOE

stiff onea1200

bodyc1225

carrion?c1225

licham?c1225

worms' food or ware?c1225

corsec1250

ashc1275

corpsec1315

carcass1340

murraina1382

relicsa1398

ghostc1400

wormes warec1400

corpusc1440

scadc1440

reliefc1449

martc1480

cadaverc1500

mortc1500

tramort?a1513

hearse1530

bulk1575

offal1581

trunk1594

cadaverie1600

relicts1607

remains1610

mummya1616

relic1636

cold meat1788

mortality1827

death bone1834

deader1853

stiff1859

the world > life > the body > dead body > [adjective] > condition of

stiffa1200

colda1400

throa1400

starkc1425

clay-cold1633

stith1755

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > outsider

outsider1836

caravanner1838

rank outsider1869

stiff one1871

stiffa1890

roughie1908

no-hoper1943

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [noun] > counterfeit note(s)

screen1789

scrieve1800

shoful1828

green goods1856

stiff one1895

funny money1901

slush1924

a1200 Soul & Body in Phillipps Fragm. Ælfr. Gloss. 5 He [sc. the dead man] biþ sone stif.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7030 Astrangled he was riȝt þer, & deide atte borde al stif.

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi i. xxiii. 32 He falling from hye brake his nek, he in etinge sodenly waxid stif.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. UUUvi^v Those blessed armes..which were so sore stretched on y^e crosse, nowe all starke and styffe.

1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 146 You shall see..many travellers brought into the townes sitting deade and stiffe.

1823 P. Egan Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (rev. ed.) Stiff ones, of no use, dead men.1831 Ann. Reg., Law Cases etc. (1832) 321/1 He wanted witness to fetch a stiff 'un, which witness believes meant a dead body.1837 Lady Willoughby de Eresby in C. K. Sharpe's Lett. (1888) II. 498 He addrest him [his adversary in a duel]: ‘Ah! you'll be a stiff one by to-morrow’.1871 ‘Hawk's-eye’ Turf Notes 11 Most assuredly it is the bookmakers that profit by the ‘safe uns’, or ‘stiff uns’, as..horses that have no chance of winning are called.1890 W. Besant Demoniac i. 17 If he hadn't been such an uncommon big man he would be a dead un, too—stiff un and dead!1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang II. 306/2 There are two bookmakers in Melbourne nicknamed ‘the Undertakers’, because of their fondness for laying against stiff 'uns, which, in this case, means horses that are certain not to run.1895 A. Griffiths Criminals I have Known 228 He had been ‘took’ with the ‘stiff uns’ on him, and was sent to the ‘boat’ (penal servitude).1897 in J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang (1903) VI. ii. 365/2 Do not invest money Until you read The Rialto. Never on stiff 'uns, wrong 'uns, or dead 'uns.1953 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 4 Apr. 18/3 ‘I put over a couple of stiff ones,’ is the way a paperhanger describes an operation.

单词	stiff one
释义	> as lemmas stiff one b. Rigid in death. stiff and stark: see stark adj. 5b. stiff one, stiff 'un, (a) a corpse (slang); (b) slang a racehorse certain to lose or not to run at all (cf. sense A. 2f below and B. 3b); (c) slang a forged note or cheque (properly sense A. 1: cf. A. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > dead body > [noun] lichc893 dust?a1000 holdc1000 bonesOE stiff onea1200 bodyc1225 carrion?c1225 licham?c1225 worms' food or ware?c1225 corsec1250 ashc1275 corpsec1315 carcass1340 murraina1382 relicsa1398 ghostc1400 wormes warec1400 corpusc1440 scadc1440 reliefc1449 martc1480 cadaverc1500 mortc1500 tramort?a1513 hearse1530 bulk1575 offal1581 trunk1594 cadaverie1600 relicts1607 remains1610 mummya1616 relic1636 cold meat1788 mortality1827 death bone1834 deader1853 stiff1859 the world > life > the body > dead body > [adjective] > condition of stiffa1200 colda1400 throa1400 starkc1425 clay-cold1633 stith1755 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > outsider outsider1836 caravanner1838 rank outsider1869 stiff one1871 stiffa1890 roughie1908 no-hoper1943 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [noun] > counterfeit note(s) screen1789 scrieve1800 shoful1828 green goods1856 stiff one1895 funny money1901 slush1924 a1200 Soul & Body in Phillipps Fragm. Ælfr. Gloss. 5 He [sc. the dead man] biþ sone stif. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7030 Astrangled he was riȝt þer, & deide atte borde al stif. c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi i. xxiii. 32 He falling from hye brake his nek, he in etinge sodenly waxid stif. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. UUUvi^v Those blessed armes..which were so sore stretched on y^e crosse, nowe all starke and styffe. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 146 You shall see..many travellers brought into the townes sitting deade and stiffe. 1823 P. Egan Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (rev. ed.) Stiff ones, of no use, dead men.1831 Ann. Reg., Law Cases etc. (1832) 321/1 He wanted witness to fetch a stiff 'un, which witness believes meant a dead body.1837 Lady Willoughby de Eresby in C. K. Sharpe's Lett. (1888) II. 498 He addrest him [his adversary in a duel]: ‘Ah! you'll be a stiff one by to-morrow’.1871 ‘Hawk's-eye’ Turf Notes 11 Most assuredly it is the bookmakers that profit by the ‘safe uns’, or ‘stiff uns’, as..horses that have no chance of winning are called.1890 W. Besant Demoniac i. 17 If he hadn't been such an uncommon big man he would be a dead un, too—stiff un and dead!1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang II. 306/2 There are two bookmakers in Melbourne nicknamed ‘the Undertakers’, because of their fondness for laying against stiff 'uns, which, in this case, means horses that are certain not to run.1895 A. Griffiths Criminals I have Known 228 He had been ‘took’ with the ‘stiff uns’ on him, and was sent to the ‘boat’ (penal servitude).1897 in J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang (1903) VI. ii. 365/2 Do not invest money Until you read The Rialto. Never on stiff 'uns, wrong 'uns, or dead 'uns.1953 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 4 Apr. 18/3 ‘I put over a couple of stiff ones,’ is the way a paperhanger describes an operation. extracted from stiffadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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