| 单词 | to knock back |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto knock back to knock back 1. transitive. To refuse, to rebuff. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > rebuff rebut1488 reject1529 counterbuff1579 rebuffa1586 repel1593 slighta1616 to blow off1631 squab1812 respue1818 snout1916 stiff-arm1927 to knock back1930 to brush off1941 1930 V. Palmer in Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Feb. 51/1 Not the sort of man we want... I knocked him back. 1939 K. Tennant Foveaux iv. ii. 368 Why, she knocks back the boss where she works, if he gets gay. 1945 L. Glassop We were Rats xviii. 104 Still goin' to keep knockin' back the sheilas? 1948 V. Palmer Golconda xi. 85 Most of them knocked his appeals back lightly and watched the proceedings with tolerant amusement. 1952 J. Cleary Sundowners ii. 108 He wouldn't knock it [sc. money] back if you offered it to him. 1957 ‘N. Culotta’ They're Weird Mob (1958) vi. 86 Never knock back O.P's [sc. other people's smokes]. 1969 Private Eye 12 Sept. 14 (caption) Knocking back a free night at the flea-pit too. 1973 Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 24 Aug. 1398/6 Never knock back a dollar, I guess. 2. transitive. To drink (esp. intoxicants) or eat heartily or heavily; to swallow a drink at a gulp. Also in to knock it back. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink deeply or copiously quaught1530 swinka1563 to drink like a lorda1627 swig1650 slug1856 to knock back1931 the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink deeply swinka1563 swig1682 mop1811 to knock back1931 pound1970 slug1979 slam1982 1931 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 (ed. 3) 326 Knock It Back, to eat; sometimes, to drink. 1939 Eastbourne Herald 6 May 13/2 Thirsty Eastbourne really does ‘knock back’ thousands of gallons in the course of a year. 1947 ‘A. P. Gaskell’ Big Game 8 ‘Boy oh boy oh boy,’ he chanted, ‘won't I knock back those handles tonight.’ 1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge iii. ii. 476 That's why he knocked a few back—and he doesn't as a rule. 1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids i. 26 I knocked back the last of my brandy, and went out. 1953 X. Fielding Stronghold iii. iv. 221 I hear you knock it back a bit. Well, so do I. 1957 C. MacInnes City of Spades i. ix. 69 My two friends knocked back their gins. 1957 ‘N. Culotta’ They're Weird Mob (1958) iii. 42 ‘What is this pin one on, Joe?’ ‘Knock one back. Gunna 'ave a drink?’ 1961 M. Kelly Spoilt Kill ii. 71 When you were fourteen you knocked back a whole jar..at one sitting. 1968 M. Richler in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories 2nd Ser. 194 Hod was knocking back large snifters of brandy. 3. transitive. To retard, to check. Australian and New Zealand. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > hinder or delay bestayc1330 tarry1340 delaya1393 to put aback1450 to pull backa1470 retard1490 tarde1524 retary1526 to throw back1562 forslow1570 backward1594 detain1600 to set back1600 slug1605 retardate1613 tardya1616 taigle?1635 backen1649 remore1652 remorate1657 to cast back1671 to hold up1887 to knock back1945 1945 J. Pascoe in N.Z. Geographer 1 27 An early winter will knock his flock back. 1946 F. Sargeson That Summer 85 The two sprees had knocked me back considerably [financially]. < as lemmas |
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