英语词汇“to stand on one's head”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

p. to stand on one's head.

(a) To perform a headstand by balancing on one's head with the feet in the air (usually using the hands or arms for support).In quot. stand v. in †to stand on head.

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eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. lxxxiv. 154 Eft wiþ þon stande on heafde, aslea him mon fela scearpena on þam scancan.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 22 A Tumbler came in, and..stood upon his head.

1739 E. Carter tr. F. Algarotti Sir I. Newton's Philos. Explain'd I. iii. 156 A Boy who stands upon his Head sees every Thing inverted.

1886 R. Broughton Dr. Cupid II. iv. 103 Two years ago he would have stood on his head with joy at having the chance of going.

2018 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 30 Aug. The octogenarian can still perform cartwheels, stand on her head and do the splits.

(b) In various expressions used to indicate or boast that something can be done easily. Esp. in I can do it (standing) on my head.Originally chiefly used by criminals to boast that a punishment can be endured easily or without hardship.

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1842 Bradford Observer 25 Aug. 3/4 Prisoner: How long is it to my trial?—Town Clerk: Two months.—Prisoner: Oh! I can stand on my head that long, and whistle the charter through a window.

1849 Sunday Times 15 July 6/2 Mr. Combe..ordered him to pay 10l, the value, or, in default of payment, six month's imprisonment in the House of Correction, with hard labour. Prisoner (laughing):—Thank ye, I can do that upon my head with ease, or more.

1859 Calif. Police Gaz. 17 Apr. 1/3 Ten years is nothing,—we can stand on our heads for that time.

1901 Portsmouth Evening News 28 Aug. 4/1 When Holbein reached the French Coast..there was a slight lip on the water... He remarked ‘This isn't anything like so bad as the Solent, and I think I can do it on my head’.

1951 Control Narcotics, Marihuana, & Barbiturates: Hearings before Subcomm. of Comm. on Ways & Means (U.S. House of Representatives, 82nd Congr., 1st Sess.) 67 Violators usually get a year and a day, and they say ‘I could do that standing on my head.’ I have heard that so many times.

2012 J. Erdal Missing Shade of Blue xvii. 101 He had polished the jokes, cut out the fat. Now he could give them standing on his head.

单词	to stand on one's head
释义	> as lemmas to stand on one's head p. to stand on one's head. (a) To perform a headstand by balancing on one's head with the feet in the air (usually using the hands or arms for support).In quot. stand v. in †to stand on head. ΚΠ eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. lxxxiv. 154 Eft wiþ þon stande on heafde, aslea him mon fela scearpena on þam scancan. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 22 A Tumbler came in, and..stood upon his head. 1739 E. Carter tr. F. Algarotti Sir I. Newton's Philos. Explain'd I. iii. 156 A Boy who stands upon his Head sees every Thing inverted. 1886 R. Broughton Dr. Cupid II. iv. 103 Two years ago he would have stood on his head with joy at having the chance of going. 2018 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 30 Aug. The octogenarian can still perform cartwheels, stand on her head and do the splits. (b) In various expressions used to indicate or boast that something can be done easily. Esp. in I can do it (standing) on my head.Originally chiefly used by criminals to boast that a punishment can be endured easily or without hardship. ΚΠ 1842 Bradford Observer 25 Aug. 3/4 Prisoner: How long is it to my trial?—Town Clerk: Two months.—Prisoner: Oh! I can stand on my head that long, and whistle the charter through a window. 1849 Sunday Times 15 July 6/2 Mr. Combe..ordered him to pay 10l, the value, or, in default of payment, six month's imprisonment in the House of Correction, with hard labour. Prisoner (laughing):—Thank ye, I can do that upon my head with ease, or more. 1859 Calif. Police Gaz. 17 Apr. 1/3 Ten years is nothing,—we can stand on our heads for that time. 1901 Portsmouth Evening News 28 Aug. 4/1 When Holbein reached the French Coast..there was a slight lip on the water... He remarked ‘This isn't anything like so bad as the Solent, and I think I can do it on my head’. 1951 Control Narcotics, Marihuana, & Barbiturates: Hearings before Subcomm. of Comm. on Ways & Means (U.S. House of Representatives, 82nd Congr., 1st Sess.) 67 Violators usually get a year and a day, and they say ‘I could do that standing on my head.’ I have heard that so many times. 2012 J. Erdal Missing Shade of Blue xvii. 101 He had polished the jokes, cut out the fat. Now he could give them standing on his head. extracted from headn.¹ < as lemmas
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