| 单词 | to give or get the shaft |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give or get the shaft c. U.S. An act or instance of unfair or harsh treatment; slighting, rejection, ‘the push’; esp. in to give or get the shaft. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > action of treating with contempt > an act of contempt scornc1275 despite1297 contemption1467 contempt1502 lightly1576 indignity1584 slight1719 fuck you1943 shaft1959 1959 Amer. Speech 34 155 A girl or boy who makes a play for another's date is snaking... If he succeeds, the loser gets the shaft (sometimes with barbs), the purple shaft, or the maroon harpoon, depending upon the degree of injury to his pride. 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 461/1 Shaft.., an act or an instance of being taken advantage of, unfairly treated, deceived, tricked, cheated, or victimized; a raw deal. Usu. in ‘to get the (or a) shaft’. Fig., the image is the taboo one of the final insult, having someone insert something, as a barbed shaft, up one's rectum. 1964 Mad Mag. July 14 Looks like somebody gave him the shaft! 1977 Amer. Speech 1975 50 65 She gave him the shaft after he broke their date last weekend. 1979 Mod. Photography Dec. 86/2 I would give more of my business to Minolta but for the company's uncooperative, anti~consumer thinking. Doubtless there are many such as myself who have gotten the shaft. < as lemmas |
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