英语词汇“to cry halves”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†h. to cry halves: to claim a half-share in what is found by another. Also to claim halves. Cf. to cry shares at share n.² Phrases 4d. Obsolete.

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the mind > possession > sharing > share [verb (intransitive)] > share by halves > claim half share

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1613 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Epist. cxix, in tr. Seneca Wks. (1614) 475 As oftentimes as I haue found any thing, I expect not till thou say I crie halfes [L. in commune].

1730 J. Savage Horace to Scæva 32 And he, who sees you stoop to th' ground Cries, halves! to everything you've found.

?1790 R. King New Cheats of London Exposed (new ed.) 20 Then if he that is in the rear perceives that he is insensible of the cheat, up he steps and claims halves.

1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Aug. 153/1 You cannot cry halves to anything that he finds. He does not find, but bring.

1898 Punch 6 Aug. 49/3 ‘That was a good Tip of yours about the Solent,’ he observed. ‘I've been backing it all the afternoon.’ Justly indignant. I claimed Halves, but he merely winked the other eye.

单词	to cry halves
释义	> as lemmas to cry halves †h. to cry halves: to claim a half-share in what is found by another. Also to claim halves. Cf. to cry shares at share n.² Phrases 4d. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > sharing > share [verb (intransitive)] > share by halves > claim half share to cry halvesa1658 1613 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Epist. cxix, in tr. Seneca Wks. (1614) 475 As oftentimes as I haue found any thing, I expect not till thou say I crie halfes [L. in commune]. 1730 J. Savage Horace to Scæva 32 And he, who sees you stoop to th' ground Cries, halves! to everything you've found. ?1790 R. King New Cheats of London Exposed (new ed.) 20 Then if he that is in the rear perceives that he is insensible of the cheat, up he steps and claims halves. 1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Aug. 153/1 You cannot cry halves to anything that he finds. He does not find, but bring. 1898 Punch 6 Aug. 49/3 ‘That was a good Tip of yours about the Solent,’ he observed. ‘I've been backing it all the afternoon.’ Justly indignant. I claimed Halves, but he merely winked the other eye. extracted from halfn. < as lemmas
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