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

a. to get (have) the drop on, colloquial (originally U.S.): to get (have) a person at a disadvantage; originally to have the chance to shoot before the antagonist can use his weapon. Hence the drop = the advantage.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > have or get (someone) at a disadvantage

to have at avail1470

to catch, have, hold, take (one) at (a or the) vantagec1510

to gain of1548

to be to the forehand with1558

to have (take) on (in, at) the lurch1591

to get the sun of1598

to have (also get) a good hand against1600

to take (have, etc.) at a why-nota1612

to weather on or upon1707

to have the laugh on a person1767

to have a (or the) pull of (also over, on)1781

to get to windward of1783

to have the bulge on1841

to give points to1854

to get (have) the drop on1869

to hold over1872

to have an (or the) edge on1896

to get (also have) the goods on1903

to get (or have) the jump on1912

to have (got) by the balls1918

1869 A. K. McClure 3,000 Miles through Rocky Mts. xxiv. 233 So expert is he with his faithful pistol, that the most scientific of rogues have repeatedly attempted in vain to get ‘the drop’ on him.

1875 J. Miller First Fam'lies Sierras vii. 55 It was strange that Sandy did not pull.., at all events he had the ‘drop’, and could afford to wait..and see what he [sc. the Parson] would do.

1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 208/1 The men..were always waiting to ‘get the drop’ on somebody.

1884 U.S. Newspaper The Sheriff and his deputies..having the drop on the outlaw he surrendered quietly.

1893 J. H. McCarthy Red Diamonds II. 27 It was my own fault for letting them get the chance to have the drop on me.

1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear i. vii. 140 He'd have had the drop on me with that buckshot gun of his before ever I could draw on him.

1917 J. Ferguson Stealthy Terror xiii. 288 He had got ‘the drop’ on us, and he knew it.

1918 C. E. Mulford Man from Bar-20 149 Th' man with the drop can find a lot to say, if he's a tin-horn.

1940 ‘N. Blake’ Malice in Wonderland i. viii. 107 He suspects Miss Thistlethwaite..of having got the drop on him.

1959 ‘J. Christopher’ Scent of White Poppies ix. 147 Two of us can handle it... We shall have the drop on them.

1970 New Yorker 23 May 27/2 F.B.I. agents had been trying to ‘crawl up through the belly of the plane either to get the drop on him [sc. a hijacker] or to get a shot at him’.

单词	the drop
释义	> as lemmas the drop a. to get (have) the drop on, colloquial (originally U.S.): to get (have) a person at a disadvantage; originally to have the chance to shoot before the antagonist can use his weapon. Hence the drop = the advantage. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > have or get (someone) at a disadvantage to have at avail1470 to catch, have, hold, take (one) at (a or the) vantagec1510 to gain of1548 to be to the forehand with1558 to have (take) on (in, at) the lurch1591 to get the sun of1598 to have (also get) a good hand against1600 to take (have, etc.) at a why-nota1612 to weather on or upon1707 to have the laugh on a person1767 to have a (or the) pull of (also over, on)1781 to get to windward of1783 to have the bulge on1841 to give points to1854 to get (have) the drop on1869 to hold over1872 to have an (or the) edge on1896 to get (also have) the goods on1903 to get (or have) the jump on1912 to have (got) by the balls1918 1869 A. K. McClure 3,000 Miles through Rocky Mts. xxiv. 233 So expert is he with his faithful pistol, that the most scientific of rogues have repeatedly attempted in vain to get ‘the drop’ on him. 1875 J. Miller First Fam'lies Sierras vii. 55 It was strange that Sandy did not pull.., at all events he had the ‘drop’, and could afford to wait..and see what he [sc. the Parson] would do. 1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 208/1 The men..were always waiting to ‘get the drop’ on somebody. 1884 U.S. Newspaper The Sheriff and his deputies..having the drop on the outlaw he surrendered quietly. 1893 J. H. McCarthy Red Diamonds II. 27 It was my own fault for letting them get the chance to have the drop on me. 1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear i. vii. 140 He'd have had the drop on me with that buckshot gun of his before ever I could draw on him. 1917 J. Ferguson Stealthy Terror xiii. 288 He had got ‘the drop’ on us, and he knew it. 1918 C. E. Mulford Man from Bar-20 149 Th' man with the drop can find a lot to say, if he's a tin-horn. 1940 ‘N. Blake’ Malice in Wonderland i. viii. 107 He suspects Miss Thistlethwaite..of having got the drop on him. 1959 ‘J. Christopher’ Scent of White Poppies ix. 147 Two of us can handle it... We shall have the drop on them. 1970 New Yorker 23 May 27/2 F.B.I. agents had been trying to ‘crawl up through the belly of the plane either to get the drop on him [sc. a hijacker] or to get a shot at him’. extracted from dropn. < as lemmas
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