| 单词 | to knock it back |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto knock it back 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. < as lemmas |
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