单词 | to wire into |
释义 | > as lemmasto wire into 7. intransitive. colloquial and regional. to wire in (also †away): to apply oneself energetically to something, to get to work with a will; spec. to set about a meal with avidity, ‘tuck in’. Also to wire into (a meal, etc.). Now chiefly Scottish. [Origin uncertain; compare: 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 341 Wire-in, a London street phrase in general use, which means to go in with a will. In its original form of ‘wire-in, and get your name up’, it was very popular among London professional athletes. The phrase is now general, and any one with a hard task before him, knows he must wire-in to bring matters to a successful issue. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > resolutely or energetically to go to it1490 busklea1535 settle1576 to lay on1587 to put in (also get into) one's gearsa1658 to put (occasionally lay, set) one's shoulder to the wheel1678 yark1721 to get going1822 to pitch in1835 to roll up one's sleeves1838 square1849 to clap on1850 to wire in (also away)1864 to dig in1884 hunker1903 tie into1904 to get cracking1937 to get stuck in1938 to get weaving1942 to get it on1954 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat heartily twist1694 nyam1790 to wire into1894 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Wire-in, a London street phrase in general use at the present time. 1870 Daily News 16 Apr. We were politely told by Sandy to ‘wire in’—digger's phraseology for an invitation to commence. 1888 Fortn. Rev. Jan. 93 In one fashion or another he ‘keeps wiring away’. 1891 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Sydney-side Saxon vi I asked for work at the first station I came to, and though I was strange to it, I wired in with a will. 1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life II. 252 After wiring into a leg of mutton and rice-pudding, [I] turned into a..welcome bed. 1910 P. W. Joyce Eng. as we speak it in Ireland 351 To wire in is to begin work vigorously: to join in a fight. 1977 J. Boyle Sense of Freedom 4 By the time the fire got going, breakfast would be ready so we would all sit around the table and wire in. 1990 A. Spence Magic Flute 15 A wee jam session. Bye Bye Blackbird it was... We were wiring right into it. Giving it big licks. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 347/1 Wire into, to get on with, energetically. < as lemmas |
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