单词 | to rub it in |
释义 | > as lemmasto rub it in 4. transitive. slang. To draw attention to or reiterate (something embarrassing or disagreeable), esp. in to rub it in. Cf. to rub a person's nose in it at nose n. Phrases 2g. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to > render outstanding aggravate1549 accent1595 to lay weight upon1600 emphase1631 circumflect1643 to lay (also place, put) stress on (also upon)1653 to set home1656 forestall1657 circumflex1661 signalize1698 to lay stress, weight, emphasis on or upon1748 emphasize1793 accentuate1817 stress1845 to rub in1851 to draw out1855 underline1880 punctuate1883 peak1887 underscore1891 to point up1926 1851 J. B. Lamar et al. Polly Peablossom's Wedding & Other Tales 146 When it comes to rubbin' it in, I always in gen'rally kinder r'ars up an' won't stan' it. 1870 Western Mail 27 May 3/7 ‘Rubbing it in well’ is another well-known phrase amongst the doubtful portion of the constabulary. 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous ix Ye needn't rub it in any more. 1917 N. Munro Jimmy Swan Joy Traveller 183 Brief life is here our portion, as the hymn says, but we needna rub it in to Rachel's friends that even the Thorpes get old and disappear. 1941 Ld. Alanbrooke Diary 16 Sept. in War Diaries (2001) 183 I had rubbed in the fact that the new ‘manpower ceiling’ which he had imposed was resulting in..a reduction of a ¼ of the infantry force of this country. 2001 J. Diamond C: Because Cowards get Cancer Too (new ed.) viii. 147 I came round in what I still think of as Intensive Care but which hospitals, just to rub it in, now call the High Dependency Unit. < as lemmas |
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