| 单词 | to pound one's ear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pound one's ear (also pillow) e. transitive. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). to pound one's ear (also pillow): to sleep. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] sleepc825 swotherc1000 lib1567 peep1699 caulk1818 to pound one's ear (also pillow)1894 flop1907 to catch some z's1963 1894 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 322/2 The most of the men..said ‘Pound yer ear well’ to their nearest neighbors, and then the candle was put out. 1927 C. Samolar in Amer. Speech 2 290/2 To sleep is to pound the ear. I think this phrase originated with railroaders. Sleeping in a caboose on a fast-moving train actually consists of pounding one's ear. 1930 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post Crescent 21 Feb. 8/6 She's sleeping the sleep of the weary, I suppose. And Harry loves to pound his pillow. 1947 J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus xx. 300 Listen to the old bastard snore. He's pounding his ear. 1966 K. Amis Anti-death League ii. 131 He'll be pounding his pillow now. < as lemmas |
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