| 单词 | to go or vote dry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go or vote dry a. Not accompanied or associated with drink; originally in U.S. Political slang, said of places which favour the prohibition of the liquor traffic. Also, of a person who favours prohibition; hence quasi-adv. in phrases to go or vote dry. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [adjective] > qualities of meals substantial1340 simplea1387 dry1483 of substance?c1500 large1528 hearty?1550 abstemious1604 scrambling1607 running1618 lusty1672 sit-down1789 well-served1796 à la carte1816 slap-up1823 quaresimal1828 scratch1851 square1868 scrambly1900 set1914 handout1915 all-you-can-eat1940 spready1960 carbo-load1986 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [adjective] > total abstinence > prohibition dry1887 bone-dry1905 alcohol-free1913 Volstead1920 1483 Cath. Angl. 108/2 A Dry feste, xerofagia. 1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 778 The Papistes make a drie communion, when they robbe the people of the cuppe. 1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth iv. f. 13 Priuiledge to drinke..at the drye or prohibited times. 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. A5 A Dry Dinner..without all drinke, except Tobacco (which also is but Dry Drinke). 1667 M. Poole Dialogue between Popish Priest & Protestant (1735) 198 It was not a dry Feast..they had drink with it. 1871 Scribner's Monthly 1 63 Dry or wet, Mr. Dort? Indifferent, eh? Adolph, a hock-glass. 1887 Courier-Jrnl. 7 Feb. 1/7 Athens, in which the State university is located,..is a dry town. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. liv. 350 A local option system, under which each county decides whether it will be ‘wet’ or ‘dry’ (e.g. permit or forbid the sale of intoxicants). 1888 Detroit Evening Jrnl. 20 Feb. (Farmer) If a county has voted on local option, and has gone dry. 1892 Daily News 7 Apr. 3/6 Dividing the receipts at the music-halls..as they are named in the trade ‘Wet Money’ and ‘Dry Money’ [i.e. money paid for refreshments, and for admission]. 1904 N.Y. Evening Post 3 Oct. 6 If every town and city in Vermont should vote ‘dry’ at the next election. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 20 May 12/1 A map of the United States, with prohibition States white, licence States black, and States partly ‘dry’ and partly ‘wet’ under local option indicated by shading. 1916 Literary Digest 1 Jan. 4/2 About as much ‘dry’ territory ‘going wet’ as there was of ‘wet’ territory ‘going dry’. 1944 W. R. Scott Revolt on Mount Sinai xxii. 179 Many members who long had voted dry accepted the election result as a mandate from the people. 1971 Scotsman 20 May 20/8 If the people of Kirkintilloch could be consulted on the issue of whether they should remain ‘dry’ or ‘wet’ it was difficult to see whether they should not also be consulted on the question of whether they should enter the Common Market. < as lemmas |
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