| 单词 | to beat the gun |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto beat (also jump) the gun f. to beat (also jump) the gun: Athletics to make a false start; (hence figurative) to act before the permitted or agreed time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [verb (intransitive)] > be premature (in acting) to go off half-cocked1833 break1897 to beat (also jump) the gun1933 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > race [verb (intransitive)] > make false start to beat the pistol1890 to beat (also jump) the gun1933 1905 S. Crowther Rowing & Track Athletics 302 False starts were rarely penalized..and so shiftless were the starters and officials that ‘beating the pistol’ was one of the tricks which less sportsmanlike runners constantly practised.] 1933 C. Littlefield Track & Field Athletics 31 Do not learn how to try to beat the gun. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xxii. 239 Acting swiftly, I did a backwards leap of about five feet six. It was the manœuvre which is known in America as beating the gun. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §59 Jump the gun, to make a false start. 1951 Economist 24 Nov. 1258/1 Col. Hanley, judge-advocate of the Eighth Army in Korea, first jumped the gun with statistics. 1955 R. Bannister First Four Minutes 20 It seemed so unnecessary to beat the gun in a race that would last for 3¾ minutes. 1958 Economist 1 Nov. 391/1 The Prime Minister has jumped the gun by announcing that it will take the form of government advances to building societies. 1960 Guardian 7 Nov. 8/4 Both candidates jumped the traditional gun of Labour Day. < as lemmas |
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