| 单词 | to pig along |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pig along a. To huddle, live, or sleep together, esp. in a crowded or disorderly way or in dirty conditions. Frequently with together; occasionally with in. to pig along: to live in a simple, unsophisticated or slovenly fashion (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty person > behave as dirty person [verb (intransitive)] slotter1553 pig1637 rubble1637 slaister1756 slattern1851 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > crowd together > in a disorderly manner felterc1400 shroud1530 huddle1600 pig1637 jug1653 hotter1805 the world > action or operation > behaviour > way of life > lead one's life in specific way [verb (intransitive)] > live from day to day like an animal to pig along1896 1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione 127 Feck, sayes mine hostesse, they shall have a bed With good strong sheets, to pig together in. 1697 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife v. 62 So; Now, you being as dirty and as nasty as my self, We may go Pig together. 1698 E. Ward Poet's Ramble after Riches (new ed.) 15 Why what do'st take me for a Hog.., To here Pig in, amongst such Vermin? 1752 E. Synge Let. 19 Sept. (1996) 473 The Women propose to be all together at Mrs Cary's, and for me they may. But they'll pig finely there. 1857 Ecclesiologist 18 312 The six-and-thirty Irish families who pig in the adjoining alley. 1896 Pall Mall Gaz. Sept. 70 She isn't fit to pig along in the way we have to here. 1939 G. B. Shaw In Good King Charles's Golden Days ii. 112 Give me a skilled trade and eight or ten shillings a week, and you and I, beloved, would pig along more happily than we have ever been able to do as our majesties. 1956 P. Scott Male Child I. i. 27 ‘What happened when I came back?’ ‘Poor Pegs had to pig in in Muriel's spare’. 1995 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 28 Jan. (Lifestyle section) To pig together (To huddle like pigs in a sty). < as lemmas |
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