| 单词 | the stuff |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe stuff c. Applied to articles of food or drink. good stuff, the stuff (colloquial): whisky.See also kitchen stuff n., sweet-stuff n. at sweet adj. and adv. Compounds 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > [noun] > food and drink (a) bit (later bite) and (a) sup1546 stuff1600 ingesta1741 something1778 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] usquebaugh1581 creature1638 corn-brandy1704 whisky1715 usque1728 spunkiea1796 skreigh1813 the stuff1828 snake poison1842 tanglefoot1860 whisky-straight1864 oil1869 Auld Kirk1884 snake juice1890 screech1902 scat1914 pinch bottle1916 screecham1923 juice1932 malt1967 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 61 Theres a whole marchants venture of Burdeux stuffe in him. View more context for this quotation 1678 in Jrnl. Friends' Hist. Soc. (1912) IX. 193 Who being gone from the fathers house where ther is Liueing bread enough, his owne Company are glad of his dry huskey stufe. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 57 Wretched gripe-gut Stuff. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses vi. 23 My Friend Nic and I, not being used to such heady Stuff [champagne], got bloody Drunk. 1828 T. C. Croker Fairy Legends & Trad. S. Ireland II. 191 Dropping the glass, and it full of the stuff too, I bolted out of the door. 1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross I. iv. 62 A farmer and brewer, and making pretty good stuff; ‘Dobbs's Ale’. 1861 G. Meredith Evan Harrington I. xi. 194 The guests had arrived at that stage when to reach the arm, or arrange the person, for a sip of good stuff, causes moral debates. 1886 D. C. Murray Aunt Rachel II. i. 12 Tek a shillin' and get a drop o' good stuff wi' it, an' warm up that old gizzard o' thine. 1895 B. Stoker Watter's Mou' i. 5 Despite of all vigilance, a considerable amount of ‘stuff’ finds its way to the consumers without the formality of the Custom House. 1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad lxii. 92 Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink For fellows whom it hurts to think. the stuff a. Money, cash. Chiefly with article the stuff. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > [noun] silverc825 feec870 pennieseOE wortheOE mintOE scata1122 spense?c1225 spendinga1290 sumc1300 gooda1325 moneya1325 cattlec1330 muckc1330 reasona1382 pecunyc1400 gilt1497 argentc1500 gelta1529 Mammon1539 ale silver1541 scruff1559 the sinews of war1560 sterling1565 lour1567 will-do-all1583 shell1591 trasha1592 quinyie1596 brass1597 pecuniary1604 dust1607 nomisma1614 countera1616 cross and pilea1625 gingerbreada1625 rhinoa1628 cash1646 grig1657 spanker1663 cole1673 goree1699 mopus1699 quid1699 ribbin1699 bustle1763 necessary1772 stuff1775 needfula1777 iron1785 (the) Spanish1788 pecuniar1793 kelter1807 dibs1812 steven1812 pewter1814 brad1819 pogue1819 rent1823 stumpy1828 posh1830 L. S. D.1835 rivetc1835 tin1836 mint sauce1839 nobbins1846 ochre1846 dingbat1848 dough1848 cheese1850 California1851 mali1851 ducat1853 pay dirt1853 boodle?1856 dinero1856 scad1856 the shiny1856 spondulicks1857 rust1858 soap1860 sugar1862 coin1874 filthy1876 wampum1876 ooftish1877 shekel1883 oil1885 oof1885 mon1888 Jack1890 sploshc1890 bees and honey1892 spending-brass1896 stiff1897 mazuma1900 mazoom1901 cabbage1903 lettuce1903 Oscar Asche1905 jingle1906 doubloons1908 kale1912 scratch1914 green1917 oscar1917 snow1925 poke1926 oodle1930 potatos1931 bread1935 moolah1936 acker1939 moo1941 lolly1943 loot1943 poppy1943 mazoola1944 dosh1953 bickies1966 lovely jubbly1990 scrilla1994 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals i. i But has she got the stuff, Mr. Fag; is she rich, hey? 1787 Minor 198 He made me an offer of some stuff—for such, you may recollect, is the epithet bestowed by all great philosophers on gold. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang (at cited word) ‘Hand over the stuff,’ give the money. 1896 J. F. B. Lillard Poker Stories 50 Those were the days, my boy—..every sport with stuff in his pockets and lots of good clothes. < as lemmas |
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