| 单词 | the sack |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe sack the sack n. the punishment (awarded in ancient Rome to a parricide) of being sewn in a sack and drowned.extracted from sackn.1the sack g. (a) A hammock; a bunk; (b) a bed; frequently as the sack; to hit the sack: see hit v. 11c. slang (chiefly U.S.; originally Navy). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > types of bed > [noun] > hammock hammock1555 hanging cabin1598 serpentine1767 sack1829 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > [noun] restOE bedc995 laira1000 couch1340 littera1400 libbege1567 pad1703 spond1763 fleabag1811 dab1812 snooze1819 downy1846 kip1879 the hay1903 Uncle Ned1925 rack1939 fart sack1943 sack1943 pit1948 uncle1982 1829 Sailors & Saints II. iv. 92 There was no more to do, nor hand him below, and bundle him into his sack. 1883 L. D. Melton & W. H. Oliphant Cruise of U.S.S. Galena 48 We were congratulating ourselves that the drills were over and retired to our ‘dreaming sacks’. 1942 Chevron 17 Jan. 4/3 Sack, bunk. 1943 in J. J. Fahey Pacific War Diary (1963) i. 74 I hit the sack at 8 P.M. I slept under the stars on a steel ammunition box two feet wide. 1947 Reef Points 1947–48 (U.S. Naval Acad., Annapolis) 219 Flake out, to utilize one's sack between Reveille and Taps. 1950 ‘D. Divine’ King of Fassarai vi. 41 The first time I came on board you were lying in your goddam sack. 1952 in H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (1960) 439/2 Let me stay in the sack all day. 1963 ‘E. McBain’ Ten Plus One xv. 194 Helen seems to think a little more than necking took place... She seems to think you all crawled into the sack. 1968 J. Updike Couples ii. 168 Women with that superheated skin are usually fantastic in the sack. 1977 I. Shaw Beggarman, Thief iii. x. 342 Probably in the sack, he thought, with that fellow with the beard. < as lemmas |
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