| 单词 | to pull up the plug |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pull up the plug b. To flush the lavatory. Also occasionally to pull up the plug. See sense 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [verb (intransitive)] > flush lavatory to pull the plug1932 1859 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing i. 13 As well might you have a sewer under the room, or think that in a water closet the plug need be pulled up but once a day.] 1932 A. Bell Cherry Tree x. 143 He pulled the plug of the water-closet and turned to us with a triumphant smile as the house echoed with the demonstrably efficient deluge. 1943 G. Greene Ministry of Fear i. iii. 60 Pull the plug... Wait till the cistern refills, then pull the plug again. 1964 C. Mackenzie My Life & Times III. 75 ‘They must not hurt my seat.’ He then pulled up the plug, and pushed it down again. ‘Doulton you see.’ 1991 E. J. Howard Marking Time (1992) 181 He tore off his clothes and chucked them into the water, and then climbed onto the lavatory seat and pulled the plug. < as lemmas |
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