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

b. Cards. to throw up the game (also one's hand): to retire from a game or hand; to fold. Also occasionally figurative: to give up a contest or struggle. Cf. to throw up one's cards at card n.² Phrases 3e, to throw in one's hand at to throw in 10a at Phrasal verbs. Now rare.

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1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 225 Bad games are thrown-up too soon, Until th' are never to be won.

1708 tr. J. Ozanam Recreations Math. & Physical x. 44 If the Game is thrown up without playing this Sett, he claims the Half of these two Sums put together.

1804 Balance & Columbian Repository 31 July 242/3 Mesick threw up his hand.

1884 Albert Lea (Minnesota) Enterprise 16 May His antagonist drew three cards, and seemed on the point of throwing up his hand.

1963 Times 2 Mar. 10/7 William III did not throw up the game after the disappointment of Nijmegen in 1678.

1964 Guardian 24 Dec. 6/1 He knew he had absolutely no hope of beating the fat old pirate. So he threw up his hand.

单词	to throw up the game
释义	> as lemmas to throw up the game (also one's hand) b. Cards. to throw up the game (also one's hand): to retire from a game or hand; to fold. Also occasionally figurative: to give up a contest or struggle. Cf. to throw up one's cards at card n.² Phrases 3e, to throw in one's hand at to throw in 10a at Phrasal verbs. Now rare. ΚΠ 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 225 Bad games are thrown-up too soon, Until th' are never to be won. 1708 tr. J. Ozanam Recreations Math. & Physical x. 44 If the Game is thrown up without playing this Sett, he claims the Half of these two Sums put together. 1804 Balance & Columbian Repository 31 July 242/3 Mesick threw up his hand. 1884 Albert Lea (Minnesota) Enterprise 16 May His antagonist drew three cards, and seemed on the point of throwing up his hand. 1963 Times 2 Mar. 10/7 William III did not throw up the game after the disappointment of Nijmegen in 1678. 1964 Guardian 24 Dec. 6/1 He knew he had absolutely no hope of beating the fat old pirate. So he threw up his hand. extracted from throwv.¹ < as lemmas
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