| 单词 | to kick about or around |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto kick about or around to kick about or around 1. intransitive. To walk or wander about; to go from place to place, esp. aimlessly. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander > idly roil?c1335 gada1500 stavera1500 vaguea1525 scoterlope1574 idle1599 haika1605 saunter1671 stravaig1801 palmer1805 streel1805 taver1808 traik1818 gander1822 gallivant1823 gilravage1825 project1828 daud1831 meander1831 to knock about1833 to kick about1839 to knock round1848 piroot1858 sashay1865 june1869 tootle1902 slop1907 beetle1919 stooge1941 swan1942 1839 C. M. Kirkland New Home xxv. 195 We heard that he was better, and would be able to ‘kick around’ pretty soon. 1846 B. Upton Let. 12 Dec. in Amer. Heritage (1966) June 93/2 I have been kicking about with scarcely leisure enough to take my meals. 1946 F. Sargeson That Summer 56 We're going to have a good time just kicking around. 2. to be kicking about or around: to lie scattered around, esp. in a casual or untidy fashion; to be available, unused, or unwanted. ΚΠ 1867 ‘T. Lackland’ Homespun i. 80 The..doctor, whose instruments..lie kicking about like ordinary household trumpery. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 148/2 When I went ower to Rotterdam, bacca was that cheap, it was kickin' aboot i' th' streets. 1906 J. F. Kelly Man with Grip 99 Now kindly remove that old radium, It's been kicking around for a week. 1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. viii. 658 Too much gold, that was their difficulty, gold kicking around all over the place. 1967 ‘V. Siller’ Biltmore Call 128 ‘Is there a sandwich kicking around?’ ‘Oh, sure, and I just made a fresh pot of coffee.’ 3. transitive. To kick in all directions; also figurative, to treat (someone) harshly, unfairly, or contemptuously. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > ill-treat [verb (transitive)] tuckc888 tawc893 misbedeOE graithc1330 to fare fair or foul with1340 misusea1382 outrayc1390 beshrewc1430 huspelc1440 misentreat1450 mistreat1453 abuse?1473 to mayne evil1481 demean1483 to put (a person) to villainya1513 harry1530 mishandle1530 touse1531 misorder1550 worrya1556 yark1565 mumble1588 buse1589 crow-tread1593 disabuse1607 maltreat1681 squeeze1691 ill-treat1794 punish1801 tousle1826 ill-use1841 razoo1890 mess1896 to play horse with1896 to bugger about1921 slug1925 to give (a person) the works1927 to kick about or around1938 mess1963 1938 C. Porter Most Gentlemen don't like Love Most gentlemen don't like love,—They just like to kick it around. 1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath ii. 8 A good guy and also he was not one whom any rich bastard could kick around. a1940 F. S. Fitzgerald Last Tycoon (1941) i. 17 You seem to take things so personally... You just ask to be kicked around. 4. To discuss or examine (a subject, idea, etc.); to try out. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse with [verb (transitive)] > discuss or confer about bespeakc1175 roundc1275 talka1387 discuss1402 commune1423 common1435 discutec1440 ventilate?1530 discourse1546 confer1552 consult?1553 imparlc1600 parle1631 conjobble1692 to talk over1734 chew1939 punt1945 to kick about1966 1939 Esquire May 75 Speaking again of Swing: few tunes deserve its name till they've been ‘kicked around’ by good performers. 1947 F. Wakeman Saxon Charm vi. 118 He agreed to write the scene experimentally. ‘Maybe I'll get excited about it when I start kicking it around.’ 1966 ‘D. Shannon’ With Vengeance iii. 42 They..drifted over to the other side of the big room to kick it around a little. 1971 ‘G. Douglas’ Time to Die xv. 159 They kicked the details around for a few more minutes and then left them to stew. < as lemmas |
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