| 单词 | to wing it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wing it 11. Theatrical slang. transitive. To study (a part) in or about the wings, having undertaken it at short notice; also intransitive. Hence in to wing it; now usually in slang use (originally and chiefly U.S.), to improvise; to speak or act without preparation, to make statements on unstudied matters (see also quot. 1950). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (transitive)] > learn (a part) study?1552 wing1885 swallow1890 the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [verb (intransitive)] > act or do without planning improvise1788 to go off1812 improvisatize1830 autoschediaze1852 wing1959 ad hoc1960 audible1970 1885 Stage 21 Aug. 12/2 ‘To wing’..indicates the capacity to play a rôle without knowing the text, and the word itself came into use from the fact that the artiste frequently received the assistance of a special prompter, who..stood..screened..by a piece of the scenery or a wing. 1886 Stage Gossip 70 In the event of an artiste being suddenly called upon to play a part of which he knows nothing..he frequently has to ‘wing’ the part. 1933 P. Godfrey Back-stage iii. 39 He must give a performance by ‘winging it’—that is, by refreshing his memory for each scene in the wings before he goes on to play it. 1950 Amer. Speech 25 238/1 Wing it, vb., to lay off an approximate 90° angle by eye. 1959 Esquire Nov. 70 Wing, to do something without preparation. 1970 Time 26 Jan. 12 Cox: The resistance put up against us dictates [our] strategy. Bernstein:..You mean you've got to wing it. 1971 Publishers' Weekly 6 Dec. 20/2 They can talk about the book, kind of winging it based on the ads, just like other people do with reviews. 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 22 Jan. 8/2 Mr. Trudeau came without notes, choosing to wing it, and struggled..unsuccessfully to establish Mr. Leger's resemblance to an owl. < as lemmas |
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