| 单词 | to shuffle off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shuffle off d. to shuffle off: to get rid of or evade (something difficult, arduous, or irksome) in a perfunctory or unsatisfactory manner; to dispose of evasively; to shirk (a duty or obligation).In modern use frequently in echoes of Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 67. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > get or be rid of > specifically a thing > evasively to shuffle off1604 to fob offa1616 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > avoid (duty, work, or exertion) shoot1543 scuff1595 to shuffle off1604 shirk1785 funk1834 gold-brick1918 dingo1930 squib1934 skate1945 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > evade [verb (transitive)] > put off pop1530 to put off1569 to fode forth (also occasionally forward, off, on, out)1591 to shift offc1592 foist1598 to fob off1600 fub1600 to shuffle off1604 doffa1616 jig1633 to trump upa1640 whiffle1654 to fool off1664 sham1682 drill1752 to set off1768 to put by1779 jilt1782 palm1822 stall1829 job1872 to give (a person) the go-around1925 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > a problem or difficulty > in a perfunctory or unsatisfactory manner to shuffle off1604 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 69 When we have shuffled off this mortall coyle. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iii. 16 And euer oft good turnes, Are shuffel'd off with such vncurrant pay. View more context for this quotation 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 38 Men shuffle them [sc. judgements] off thus. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. iv. §4 Though he would shuffle off the trouble of apprehending an Infinite Deity. 1784 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1876) xii. 42 To evade and shuffle off real labour. 1808 Salmagundi 25 Jan. 414 With the full expectation of shuffling off the remnant of existence, after the excellent fashion of that merry grecian, who died laughing. 1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges ii. 75 [They] are obliged for propriety's sake to shuffle off the anxious inquiries of the public. 1863 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtoniana II. xxii. 70 In reality he shuffles off duty. 1890 G. Saintsbury Ess. Eng. Lit. 272 A mania which some of his admirers have..endeavoured to shuffle off. < as lemmas |
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