英语词汇“to send to the showers”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. colloquial (originally North American) Sport. to send to the showers and variants: to send off or eject (someone) from a match, race, or contest; (in extended use) to reject, overcome, or defeat (a person or thing) decisively.

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1913 Washington Post 15 Aug. 8/6 Gandil was called out... The Nationals' first-sacker protested vigorously and came close to being sent to the showers.

1927 Amer. Speech 2 203/2 If she rejects it [sc. a proposal] she ‘gives him the air’..or, to borrow from sporting parlance, ‘sends him to the showers’.

1945 F. Graham Brooklyn Dodgers 210 Four singles in a row..netted two runs and drove Casey to the showers.

1977 Time 26 Dec. 30/3 Sending a computer to the showers..swells human self-esteem in a wonderfully satisfying way.

1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 26 Oct. 12 Scotland's Colin Calderwood was the man sent to the showers five minutes from the end.

2010 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 13 Apr. b11 Suddenly, the Jays were transformed. They swarmed Red Sox closer Papelbon... After sending him to the showers, the Jays won it on a short sacrifice fly by Fred Lewis.

单词	to send to the showers
释义	> as lemmas to send to the showers P2. colloquial (originally North American) Sport. to send to the showers and variants: to send off or eject (someone) from a match, race, or contest; (in extended use) to reject, overcome, or defeat (a person or thing) decisively. ΚΠ 1913 Washington Post 15 Aug. 8/6 Gandil was called out... The Nationals' first-sacker protested vigorously and came close to being sent to the showers. 1927 Amer. Speech 2 203/2 If she rejects it [sc. a proposal] she ‘gives him the air’..or, to borrow from sporting parlance, ‘sends him to the showers’. 1945 F. Graham Brooklyn Dodgers 210 Four singles in a row..netted two runs and drove Casey to the showers. 1977 Time 26 Dec. 30/3 Sending a computer to the showers..swells human self-esteem in a wonderfully satisfying way. 1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 26 Oct. 12 Scotland's Colin Calderwood was the man sent to the showers five minutes from the end. 2010 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 13 Apr. b11 Suddenly, the Jays were transformed. They swarmed Red Sox closer Papelbon... After sending him to the showers, the Jays won it on a short sacrifice fly by Fred Lewis. extracted from showern.¹ < as lemmas
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