| 单词 | to go nap on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go nap on 2. to go nap on. extracted from napn.9 a. Betting. To stake all one can on. Also in extended use. Cf. bundle n. 2h. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] > put at risk > run the risk or brave the dangers of undergoc1315 venture1548 hazard1550 to venture on (also upon1557 run1592 dare1604 endanger?1611 risk1673 to run the venture of1723 court1930 to go nap on1959 c1884 J. Glover Racing Life 38 Look here, you go nap—now hear that? nap!—on Royal Angus. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 12 Feb. 6/1 The market is going nap on the British Tea Table. 1959 Times 22 Dec. 3/2 That is the sort of thing that poses another problem within the selectors' main one—whether to go nap on the ability that they know a man has in him, or whether to go entirely on the evidence of trials. 1967 N. Marsh Death at Dolphin x. 256 When you get one of your hunches..I reckon it's safe to go nap on it. 1980 B. Castle Castle Diaries 93 Our two main conclusions..made it all the more imperative that we should go nap on ‘people’. 2001 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Oct. (Features section) 22 The lovely ‘Bob and Rose’ (ITV) went nap on charm. b. Chiefly Australian. To be enthusiastic about something. Frequently in negative contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > have liking for [verb (transitive)] > be enamoured of or enthusiastic about to go for ——1568 to be shook on1888 to go nap on1918 1918 Kia Ora Coo-ee Dec. 3/3 Talking of souvenirs, I don't go nap on any of the ordinary kind. 1938 F. S. Anthony Me & Gus 8 That's why the girls go nap on you the way they do. 1955 P. White Tree of Man i. vii. 80 I never went nap on the priests meself. 1961 A. Upfield Bony & White Savage vii. 59 The woman who runs the bookshop knows we don't go nap on the sexy stuff. < as lemmas |
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