英语词汇“to shake a cloth in the wind”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

e. to shake (have) a cloth in the wind: to get too near to the wind, so that the sails shiver; figurative to be ragged in clothing; to be slightly intoxicated (cf. ‘to be three sheets in the wind’). slang.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way > types of

to cover (one's head)c1340

scrub1590

wimple1591

sag1592

to go thina1610

to be covered1611

rustlea1616

to keep on1621

veil1714

to shake (have) a cloth in the wind1834

smock-frock1840

pad1873

tighten1896

tight-lace1898

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > be drunk > be partially drunk

to drink wine apec1405

to have on or wear a barley-cap1598

to float in one's cups1630

to have a drop in one's eye1699

to shake (have) a cloth in the wind1834

to have drink taken1924

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. i. 2 I found all my family well and hearty; but they all shook a cloth in the wind with respect to toggery.

1836 E. Howard Rattlin xliii As the seamen say, they all had got a cloth in the wind—the captain two or three.

单词	to shake a cloth in the wind
释义	> as lemmas to shake (have) a cloth in the wind e. to shake (have) a cloth in the wind: to get too near to the wind, so that the sails shiver; figurative to be ragged in clothing; to be slightly intoxicated (cf. ‘to be three sheets in the wind’). slang. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way > types of to cover (one's head)c1340 scrub1590 wimple1591 sag1592 to go thina1610 to be covered1611 rustlea1616 to keep on1621 veil1714 to shake (have) a cloth in the wind1834 smock-frock1840 pad1873 tighten1896 tight-lace1898 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > be drunk > be partially drunk to drink wine apec1405 to have on or wear a barley-cap1598 to float in one's cups1630 to have a drop in one's eye1699 to shake (have) a cloth in the wind1834 to have drink taken1924 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. i. 2 I found all my family well and hearty; but they all shook a cloth in the wind with respect to toggery. 1836 E. Howard Rattlin xliii As the seamen say, they all had got a cloth in the wind—the captain two or three. extracted from clothn. < as lemmas
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