| 单词 | to do one's dash |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto do one's dash b. to do one's dash (Australian colloquial), see quots. 1916, 1966; to have a dash (at) (colloquial), to make an attempt. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > attempt [verb (transitive)] fandOE assayc1300 tryc1315 provec1330 adventurea1387 sayc1390 paina1400 havec1400 practisea1450 afforcec1487 afond1488 attempta1538 procure1574 endeavour1581 offer1611 poacha1616 attent1620 to venture at1623 essay1641 attentate1656 smacka1657 tempt1697 to try at1794 to have a go1802 to make a (good, poor, etc.) fist1833 tackle1847 to have or take a whack at1891 to make (or have, etc.) a stab at (something)1895 to have a dash (at)1916 1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) 121 To do one's dash, to reach one's Waterloo. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves iii. 37 The blighter's manner was so cold and unchummy that I bit the bullet and had a dash at being airy. 1930 P. G. Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves 147 I supposed I had better have a dash at it and get it over. 1966 G. W. Turner Eng. Lang. in Austral. & N.Z. vii. 152 It is tempting to wonder whether the expression ‘he's done his dash’ meaning ‘he is played out’, ‘he has done all he can’ is connected with the gold-miner's dashing. < as lemmas |
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