| 单词 | to have a roll on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have a roll on P1. slang. to have a roll on and variants: (in English public schools) to have an arrogant demeanour; to walk with a swagger. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > pretend to superiority [verb (intransitive)] to make it goodlyc1325 usurpc1400 to take state upon one1597 to come over ——1600 to gentilize it1607 to state it1625 to give oneself airs1701 to put on airs1715 to mount (also ride) the high horse1782 to put on (the) dog1865 to get (also have) notions1866 to put on side1870 to have a roll on1881 to put (or pile) on lugs1889 side1890 to put on the Ritz1921 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > stately or affected cock pace1569 stalk1590 ambling1597 amble1607 strut1607 jetting1609 prance1648 grand pas1651 strutting1656 jet1686 to have a roll on1881 1881 C. E. Pascoe Everyday Life in our Public Schools 160 Anything approaching ‘swagger’ is severely rebuked; there is no more objectionable quality than that understood by the expression, ‘He's got such a horrid roll on’. 1908 D. Coke House Prefect i. 11 Brereton, they decided, had a bit of a roll on. 1913 A. Lunn Harrovians iii. 53 Ewen was an ugly lout, and was beginning to put on roll...after the game, his tendency to ‘put on roll’ was duly checked in the approved fashion. 1981 J. A. Mangan Athleticism in Victorian & Edwardian Public School vii. 175 One Old Uppinghamian recalled that in his time a junior who put on ‘roll’ was merely chastised. < as lemmas |
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