| 单词 | to get a word out of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get a word out of b. to get a word out of: to persuade to speak. Chiefly in negative contexts. ΚΠ 1700 T. Brown et al. tr. P. Scarron Novels ii. 36 in tr. P. Scarron Whole Comical Wks. Don Rodrigo repair'd to his companion, who cou'd not get a word out of him, so much confounded he was at the unhappy Dilemma wherein he found himself. 1788 C. Smith Emmeline I. iii. 36 Mounseer won't be able to get a word out of her. 1857 Times 2 Mar. 11/5 I spoke to him, but could scarcely get a word out of him. 1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xxxiii He'd sit grizzling and smoking by himself all day long. No getting a word out of him. 1935 A. L. Rowse Diary 6 Apr. (2003) 88 Aunt Rowe was vexed at never being able ‘to get a word out of me’, that book was so absorbing. 1994 C. Cookson Tinker's Girl (1995) i. vii. 201 Can talk the hind leg off a donkey yet we can't get a word out of him when he's in the house. < as lemmas |
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