英语词汇“to run rings round”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. figurative. colloquial. to run (also make) rings round (also around): to excel or surpass (a person or animal) with the greatest ease; to beat or outwit easily; to outclass. Also in partially literal uses.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > easily

to eat (also have) (a person or thing) for breakfast1693

to walk over (the course)1823

to run (also make) rings round (also around)1875

to shut out1881

to walk away from1883

to walk round1901

to roll over1937

to walk (all) over (a person)1976

1875 Coursing Cal. Autumn 1874 180 Ace-of-Trumps was immensely her superior, making rings round her, and winning all one way.

1891 Argus (Melbourne) 10 Oct. 13/3 Considine could run rings round the lot of them.

1894 G. Parker in Westm. Gaz. 7 July 1/3 He could run rings round us in everything.

1907 P. G. Wodehouse White Feather viii. 88 Dexter's had taken thirty points off the School House just after half-time. ‘Mopped them up,’ said the terse and epigrammatic Painter. ‘Made rings round them.’

c1928 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 572 It riles me unbearably to lose my scalp to a lot of fellows round whom I can make rings.

1935 H. Broun in T. R. Cook Ess. Mod. Thought 65 Princeton, let us say, has just run rings around Harvard. The final whistle has blown.

a1953 J. O'Neill Black Shore (2000) xii. 98 I could never have done anything with Michael. He could make rings around me, but this high-head—yes, he'll be easy to handle.

1973 ‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green xxxiv. 167 The deal's been bust... The Russians ran rings round us.

1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 June 724/2 Balfour was an undeniable flop and Joseph Chamberlain made rings round him.

1993 P. J. Hugill World Trade since 1431 (1995) i. 20 By 1588, when the Armada sailed against England, the Spanish were horrified to encounter English ships that literally ran rings round them.

2005 B. Hoskyns Hotel Calif. vii. 131 Whereas Lou Adler had been the tall, dark godfather of Hollywood pop in the previous decade, now this short, slim New Yorker was running rings around everybody in the business.

单词	to run rings round
释义	> as lemmas to run (also make) rings round (also around) d. figurative. colloquial. to run (also make) rings round (also around): to excel or surpass (a person or animal) with the greatest ease; to beat or outwit easily; to outclass. Also in partially literal uses. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > easily to eat (also have) (a person or thing) for breakfast1693 to walk over (the course)1823 to run (also make) rings round (also around)1875 to shut out1881 to walk away from1883 to walk round1901 to roll over1937 to walk (all) over (a person)1976 1875 Coursing Cal. Autumn 1874 180 Ace-of-Trumps was immensely her superior, making rings round her, and winning all one way. 1891 Argus (Melbourne) 10 Oct. 13/3 Considine could run rings round the lot of them. 1894 G. Parker in Westm. Gaz. 7 July 1/3 He could run rings round us in everything. 1907 P. G. Wodehouse White Feather viii. 88 Dexter's had taken thirty points off the School House just after half-time. ‘Mopped them up,’ said the terse and epigrammatic Painter. ‘Made rings round them.’ c1928 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 572 It riles me unbearably to lose my scalp to a lot of fellows round whom I can make rings. 1935 H. Broun in T. R. Cook Ess. Mod. Thought 65 Princeton, let us say, has just run rings around Harvard. The final whistle has blown. a1953 J. O'Neill Black Shore (2000) xii. 98 I could never have done anything with Michael. He could make rings around me, but this high-head—yes, he'll be easy to handle. 1973 ‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green xxxiv. 167 The deal's been bust... The Russians ran rings round us. 1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 June 724/2 Balfour was an undeniable flop and Joseph Chamberlain made rings round him. 1993 P. J. Hugill World Trade since 1431 (1995) i. 20 By 1588, when the Armada sailed against England, the Spanish were horrified to encounter English ships that literally ran rings round them. 2005 B. Hoskyns Hotel Calif. vii. 131 Whereas Lou Adler had been the tall, dark godfather of Hollywood pop in the previous decade, now this short, slim New Yorker was running rings around everybody in the business. extracted from ringn.¹ < as lemmas
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