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

b. In contexts implying resistance, submission, or obstinacy. Now chiefly (colloquial): impudence, effrontery; frequently in to have the (also a) neck (to). Cf. nerve n. 14b and stiff-necked adj.

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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > be or become impudent [verb (intransitive)]

to bear oneself stout1338

to have the (also a) neck (to)c1395

perk1529

pert1637

to brazen it out1712

to be (also get) smart1736

to push (also show) a face1765

to cheek it1851

whipper-snap1908

c1395 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 113 Boweth youre nekke vnder that blisful yok Of souereynetee, noght of.seruyse.

a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 38 (MED) Fra þat day forward may sho noht gange owte, Ne þe life of þe reule fle, ne caste it fra hir nek.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Neh. iii. 5 Their greate men put not their neckes to y^e seruyce of their lorde.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings xvii. 14 They..herdened their neckes, acordinge to the hardneck of their fathers.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. i. 19 My selfe..Haue stoopt my necke vnder your iniuries.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 415 Sturdiest Oaks Bow'd their Stiff necks .

a1797 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1812) V. 635 The barbarians..had at length submitted their necks to the gospel.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Neck, forwardness, impudence. ‘What a neck ye hev efter aa'!’

1933 Punch 25 Jan. 108/3 I'm afraid I was so overcome by his barefaced ‘neck’ that it never occurred to me to call him back.

1935 G. Heyer Death in Stocks iii. 34 He'd had the infernal neck to say I wasn't going to marry the man.

1942 L. A. G. Strong Unpractised Heart xii. 77 And then you have the sheer neck, the bloody effrontery to say you think there's more in life than I do.

1960 J. Symons Progress of Crime v. 34 If that doesn't beat anything for hard neck.

1982 M. Binchy Light Penny Candle I. i. 19 The point is she's got a bloody neck to ask.

1993 S. McAughtry Touch & Go xxii. 173 You must be good. You've got plenty of brass neck. But I can't see it... I could take you aisy.

单词	to have the neck
释义	> as lemmas to have the (also a) neck (to) b. In contexts implying resistance, submission, or obstinacy. Now chiefly (colloquial): impudence, effrontery; frequently in to have the (also a) neck (to). Cf. nerve n. 14b and stiff-necked adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > be or become impudent [verb (intransitive)] to bear oneself stout1338 to have the (also a) neck (to)c1395 perk1529 pert1637 to brazen it out1712 to be (also get) smart1736 to push (also show) a face1765 to cheek it1851 whipper-snap1908 c1395 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 113 Boweth youre nekke vnder that blisful yok Of souereynetee, noght of.seruyse. a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 38 (MED) Fra þat day forward may sho noht gange owte, Ne þe life of þe reule fle, ne caste it fra hir nek. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Neh. iii. 5 Their greate men put not their neckes to y^e seruyce of their lorde. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings xvii. 14 They..herdened their neckes, acordinge to the hardneck of their fathers. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. i. 19 My selfe..Haue stoopt my necke vnder your iniuries. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 415 Sturdiest Oaks Bow'd their Stiff necks . View more context for this quotation a1797 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1812) V. 635 The barbarians..had at length submitted their necks to the gospel. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Neck, forwardness, impudence. ‘What a neck ye hev efter aa'!’ 1933 Punch 25 Jan. 108/3 I'm afraid I was so overcome by his barefaced ‘neck’ that it never occurred to me to call him back. 1935 G. Heyer Death in Stocks iii. 34 He'd had the infernal neck to say I wasn't going to marry the man. 1942 L. A. G. Strong Unpractised Heart xii. 77 And then you have the sheer neck, the bloody effrontery to say you think there's more in life than I do. 1960 J. Symons Progress of Crime v. 34 If that doesn't beat anything for hard neck. 1982 M. Binchy Light Penny Candle I. i. 19 The point is she's got a bloody neck to ask. 1993 S. McAughtry Touch & Go xxii. 173 You must be good. You've got plenty of brass neck. But I can't see it... I could take you aisy. extracted from neckn.¹ < as lemmas
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