| 单词 | to have a down on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have a down on b. colloquial (originally Australian). A tendency to view a person or thing with suspicion and disapproval; a prejudice, a grudge. Chiefly in to have a down on: to dislike, to regard unfavourably, to be ill-disposed towards. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [verb (transitive)] mislikea1225 to like illa1350 to have no fancy with1465 mislovec1485 abominec1500 not to look ata1529 to have no will of, (also in)1548 misaffect1586 to have or take a stitch againsta1591 dislike1593 to take (a) toy to (also at)1598 disfavour1599 disgust1601 disaffect1609 mistaste1613 disrelisha1616 dispalate1630 abominate1652 disfancy1657 to have it in for1825 to have a down on1835 to sour on1862 to go off ——1877 derry1896 the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [noun] > a grudge quarrel1340 grudge1531 heart-burningsa1533 eelist1552 pritch1563 stitcha1591 ingrudge1606 disobligationa1754 down1835 to have a downer on1866 hard-on1949 1835 Australian 7 Apr. The Gazette has what the Colonist calls ‘a down’ upon the Domain; and is always endeavouring to make people uneasy, about the pleasantest, and perhaps the safest walk in the Colony. 1856 W. W. Dobie Recoll. Visit Port-Phillip v. 84 The bushranger had been in search of another squatter, on whom ‘he said he had a down’. 1893 J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 193 More especially had they a ‘down’ on people who wore a goatee and snuffled when they talked. 1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella I. ii. iv. 310 Westall has a down on him. 1904 Daily Chron. 8 Dec. 8/1 Why this ‘down’ on an always useful, sometimes dainty, garment? 1916 Chrons. N.Z.E.F. 27 Dec. 199 They've got a down on arrogance and swank. 1947 W. S. Maugham Creatures of Circumstance 151 She had a down on Lady Kastellan and didn't care what she said about her. 2004 J. Wilson Diamond Girls 17 She always had a down on me, my mum, said I'd go to the bad. < as lemmas |
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