| 单词 | walking the dog |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswalking the dog Phrases P1. to walk on foot (also now rarely to walk afoot): = sense 9a. Also of something liquid: †to flow slowly (obsolete).In quot. 1548 transitive, with journey as object (cf. sense 9d). ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > in contrast with 'ride' to walk on footc1390 to take to one's feet (or foot)1508 to walk afoot1565 walk1631 to hoof it1652 peripateticate1793 foot-slog1897 the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > flow [verb (intransitive)] > slowly to walk afoot1747 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. vi. l. 1 (MED) Now riden þis folk & walken on fote to seche þat seint in selcouþe londis. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 18548 Þa iewes sagh þis ilk man..a-pon þe see wiþ-outen wete dry to walke a-pon his fete [Vesp., Gött. Gangand als apon a strete].] 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John xii. 12–16 Where as before he was wunte to walke his iourneyes on foote. 1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. iv. iii. f. 114v The said..bishop Chadde was wonte alwaies to..doo the worke of the ghospell more walking a fote wher he went, than on horsebacke. 1621 Bp. H. King Serm. 37 But Kings haue walkt afoote whilest the Pope hath rode. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 62 We were forced to walke on foote very wett, and discompos'd. 1681 London Gaz. mdclxi/3 His Royal Highness walked a Foot. 1747 Fool (1748) II. 252 When it [sc. the blood] walks a Foot, in an even, regular Peace, every Faculty coincides. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. vi. 356 How comes it..that such a great Gentleman walks about the Country afoot? View more context for this quotation 1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. II. iii. 221 The king walked on foot among the infantry. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 561 The prisoner..walked on foot, bareheaded, up the whole length of that stately street which..leads from Holyrood House to the Castle. 1875 Times 28 Sept. 7/2 The time is coming when it will be cheaper for a working man to travel on a railway than to walk on foot. 1943 Slavonic & East European Rev. 2 143 Taylor then tells of his journey, in company with his brother, from Gravesend to Rotterdam and hence to Leipzig and Chemnitz, whence they had to walk on foot through the Bohemian forest. 1999 Zimbabwe Standard (Nexis) 8 Aug. He had no car and would walk on foot. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > misunderstand [phrase] to take amissa1425 to walk wide in words1529 to have (also take, catch) the wrong pig by the ear (also tail)1536 to be out of the story1649 to be at cross-purposes1688 I beg your pardon1806 to lose track of1894 to get (someone) wrong1927 to speak past ——1952 to lose the thread1956 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i. xviii. 23 Wythout whych we were lyke to walke wyde in wordys. P3. Scottish. †to walk will of one's way: to go astray, lose oneself. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > miss one's way > be lost maska1387 willc1390 mara1450 to lose one's way1530 to walk will of one's way1572 wilder1658 maroon1699 to get slewed1929 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 73 Or ony vther gude fallow that I heir fand Walkand will of his way. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 106 In wickit wedderis and weit walkand full will. P4. to walk in one's sleep = sleepwalk v. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > sleep-walk to walk in one's sleep1596 walka1616 somnambulize1832 somnambulate1833 sleepwalk1923 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > have stupor or coma [verb (intransitive)] > sleep-walk to walk in one's sleep1596 walka1616 somnambulize1832 somnambulate1833 sleepwalk1923 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xii. lxxvii. 312 Least she feare, the day before had made to her report, In Merriment, that oftentimes he walked in his Sleepe, And then nor Lock, nor Let, could him from Place, or Person, keepe. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe iii. sig. D4v My mistris makes her husband belieue that shee walkes in her sleepe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. i. 57 Yet I haue knowne those which haue walkt in their sleep, who haue dyed holily in their beds. View more context for this quotation 1720 D. Manley Power of Love ii. 162 Persons who walk in their Sleep, and do those several Acts of which they have no Remembrance when they wake. 1774 G. Colman Man of Business ii. Here he is—walking in his sleep for aught I know—for I am sure, I am hardly awake yet. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxix. 396 Some uneasy ideas that he must be walking in his sleep, or that he had been troubled with phantoms,..beset the Captain at first. 1887 Sat. Rev. 15 Jan. 80 To walk in her sleep and to poison herself while in a somnambulant condition. 1926 S. T. Warner Lolly Willowes iii. 165 She walked home unheedingly, almost as though she were walking in her sleep. 1995 K. Atkinson Behind Scenes at Museum (1996) vi. 172 I still walk in my sleep and she's petrified that I'm going to do something nasty to her when she's fast asleep. P5. to walk on (also upon, †in) air: to be in an exultant state of mind. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > be joyful or delighted [verb (intransitive)] > be elated to walk on (also upon, in) air1632 to tread on air1874 1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour iv. iii. sig. H4 Now me thinkes I walke in ayre! divine Camiola, But words cannot expresse thee. I'll build to thee An altar in my soule. 1787 E. Bonhote Olivia III. xxxii. 83 Methinks I walk in air:—the world is become enchanting, the people entertaining. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Memories & Portraits iv. 72 I went home that morning walking upon air. 1928 N. Coward Mad About You in B. Day N. Coward: Compl. Lyrics (1998) 93/3 When you are inclined to be Encouraging and kind to me I simply walk on air. 1945 C. Beaton Diary in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xv. 167 As I walked upon air with Gielgud up the Haymarket late that night, I kept pumping him with a stream of suggestions as to how the production should look. 1998 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) Sept. 259/2 Some films are heavenly—you leave the cinema feeling so uplifted you're walking on air. P6. to walk the hospitals (also a hospital): (of a medical student) to receive clinical instruction and gain experience by assisting in the work of doctors or surgeons. Similarly to walk the wards: to perform rounds in a hospital, either as a doctor or as a medical student. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > medical training > receive medical training [verb (intransitive)] > specific to walk the hospitals (also a hospital)1705 intern1906 1705 R. Pitt Frauds Common Pract. Physick 60 Our modern Physicians make a little Voyage over Sea,..hear a scanty Set of Lectures, pass a Course of Anatomy and Chymistry by the Eye,..walk the Hospitals two or three days, and bring home the purchas'd Degrees. 1773 Sentimental Spy II. v. 92 For whilst he walked the hospitals, his time was chiefly employed in picking up idle stories of his acquaintance. 1781 G. White Let. to S. Barker 26 Nov. I have not yet heard—whether he will walk the hospitals in town. 1800 J. Bell Answer Junior Members Royal Coll. Surgeons i. 31 There was a rotation of surgeons..; there were groups of young men walking the wards, paying fees to the hospital. 1807 J. Feltham Picture of London (ed. 8) 235 The combined method of walking the hospitals and attending lectures. 1851 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) (Electronic text) 3 Nov. As you walk the wards of an hospital you are at one time engaged with a case of thoracic, at another with a case of abdominal disease. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. ix. 333 He became..a..medical student, came up to London to walk the hospitals. 1928 Science 21 Sept. 262/1 A hundred years ago the common portal of entry into the medical profession was by a preliminary apprenticeship... This lasted for five years, after which it was usual for the student to ‘walk the hospitals’. 1964 J. Bernstein Analyt. Engine ii. 23 William read medicine, took a medical degree and had ‘walked the hospitals’ before he decided to earn his living as a computer. 1999 M. Bliss William Osler viii. 310 By the 1890s it was possible to get a decent training in the preclinical medical sciences at Oxford, walk the wards for a year or two in London, and, upon examination..get an Oxford medical degree. P7. Nautical. to walk the deck (also to walk the quarter-deck): to walk up and down the deck of a ship, esp. (of an officer) as a privilege of rank. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > perform operation or manoeuvre [verb (intransitive)] > walk about on quarterdeck to walk the quarter-deck1707 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 7 It must be a great Change of Weather indeed, when he deigns to walk the Quarter-Deck. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iv. xvi. 149 Edward, who walk'd the deck apart. 1849 W. E. Aytoun Heart of Bruce in Poems v The good Lord Douglas walk'd the deck. 1986 N. A. M. Rodger Wooden World (1988) ii. 65 Many of those with an unquestioned right to walk the quarter deck, such as the master and his mates, had no uniform to put on. 2001 J. Ellroy Cold Six Thousand cxi. 631 Castoff—9:16 p.m. Light wind. Course south-southeast... Pete walked the deck. P8. to walk before one can run: see run v. Phrases 4b(b). P9. slang. to walk (all) over (a person): to treat (a person) with contempt; (also) to defeat (an opponent) decisively. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > easily to eat (also have) (a person or thing) for breakfast1693 to walk over (the course)1823 to run (also make) rings round (also around)1875 to shut out1881 to walk away from1883 to walk round1901 to roll over1937 to walk (all) over (a person)1976 1786 J. Burgoyne Heiress ii. ii. 35 Nay its worse, if I am carried among my great neighbours in Miss Alscrip's suite, as she calls it. My Lady looks over me; my Lord walks over me; and sets me in a little tottering cane chair, at the cold corner of the table. 1851 National Era 25 Sept. 1/5 St. Clare wouldn't raise his hand if every one of them walked over him. 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxii. 190 In the North he lets anybody walk over him that wants to, and goes home and prays for a humble spirit to bear it. 1909 R. E. Knowles Attic Guest viii. 105 They won't let a pack of negroes walk all over 'em. 1951 N. Mitford Blessing i. vi. 65 A woman who lets her husband do exactly as he likes..lets him walk over her, in fact, would never lose him. 1976 E. Dunphy Only a Game? i. 34 We played QPR in a public practice game at our place today. And won easily. We walked all over them. 1991 S. Faludi Backlash ii. v. 121 She..walked all over this guy, who was far less successful and powerful than her. P10. slang. to walk the chalk: to walk along a chalked line as a proof of being sober. Now historical.to walk one's chalks (slang): see chalk n. 6b. to walk a chalk-line: see chalk-line n. c. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > moderation in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > become sober > prove oneself sober to walk the chalk1823 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang (at cited word) ‘To walk the chalk’—a military manœuvre to discover which is drunkest. 1951 Independent (Long Beach, Calif.) 13 Oct. 12/1 (caption) In the 19th century, it was an actual test whereby a chalk line was drawn across the deck of a ship and those sailors failing to walk the chalk accurately were put in the brig for being intoxicated. P11. to walk on eggshells: see eggshell n. Additions. P12. to walk the dog (frequently forming the noun phrase walking the dog). a. To perform a jazz dance that mimics the movements of a person walking a dog in a haughty manner. ΚΠ 1916 S. Brooks (heading of sheet-music) Walkin' the dog... The latest metropolitan dance craze! 1917 Variety 30 Nov. 19/1 The opening number was programed as a combination of ‘Strutter's Ball’, ‘Shimme-Sha-Wabble’ and ‘Walking the Dog’. 1945 S. Brown in F. J. Brown & J. S. Roucek One Amer. (rev. ed.) xxxiii. 600 Some of the earlier dances invented by Negroes are the Pas Mala, the Strut, the Palmer House, Walking the dog, [etc.]. 1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xvii. 535 She can do the twist, the stomp,..and the locomotion, and if you don't know how to do it, she'll show you how to walk the dog. b. To perform a trick with a yo-yo in which the spinning yo-yo rolls along the ground away from the person performing the trick, who holds the string like a dog's lead. ΚΠ 1931 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 8 Aug. Each contestant would be given three chances to perform the various Yo-Yo feats... The line remained intact for the next trick, ‘Walking the Dog’. 1975 Newsweek (Nexis) 20 Jan. 71 For a dime or a quarter, every kid in the neighborhood could afford the twin wooden disks that rose and fell on a cotton string and, with a little skill, could perform prodigious feats like ‘walking the dog’. 1986 D. A. Dye Platoon (1987) v. 82 He could usually do cat's cradle and walk-the-dog. 2007 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 8 Sept. Forget walking the dog or going around the world. In Han's hands, the simple string and disc come alive. P13. colloquial (originally U.S.). to walk the (also that) walk: to behave in a manner consistent with the image one projects or the values one advocates; to back up rhetoric with action. Frequently collocated or contrasted with to talk the (also that) talk at talk v. Additions a. ΚΠ 1921 Mansfield (Ohio) News 27 June 9/3 Although he has no gilded medals upon his bosom, Howard Herring of the North American Watch company, walks the walk, and talks the talk, of a hero today. 1972 N.Y. Times 29 May 17/4 I've talked that talk, and now I'm ready to walk that walk. 1991 Rolling Stone 28 Nov. 9/2 Tyner, more than anyone, walked the walk and talked the talk. 2002 POW Mag. Mar. 72/1 After taking a real beating from McMahon during the Street Fight, ‘The Dirtiest Player in the Game’ proved that he could still walk the walk as he eventually defeated McMahon with his trusty figure-four leglock. P14. Originally U.S. to walk free: to be released from a criminal charge without punishment; not to receive expected or deserved punishment. Cf. free adj. 6. ΚΠ 1925 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 21 Dec. 1/7 She walked free today after her fourth arrest in as many months. 1989 in R. Graef Talking Blues ix. 302 You'll get far more murderers walking free if the jury thinks they're going to be topped. 2004 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 5 Dec. 83 A virtually impromptu rally..was prompted by judges' decisions to let two rapists walk free. P15. Caribbean. walk good (imperative): farewell, good luck. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous expressions [interjection] > expressions of farewell > and good luck walk good1929 go well1948 1929 M. W. Beckwith Black Roadways xiii. 199 ‘Walk good, me love’, says one to another setting out on a journey. 1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together ii. i. 147 You going further, walk good then; walk good, hear? 1997 O. P. Adisa It begins with Tears v. 235 Walk good now, and don't come lookin fah nutten. P16. colloquial. to walk off the shelves (also to walk out of the shop and variants): (of a product) to sell rapidly or without effort on the part of the retailer.In quot. 1940 used punningly of shoes. ΚΠ 1940 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 31 May 18/6 (advt.) Men's shoes are walking off the shelves at Hanna's. 1948 Winnipeg Free Press 1 Oct. 2/8 [Costs of doing business] were higher than during the war ‘when merchandise just walked off the shelves’. 1986 O. Clark Diary 12 Oct. (1998) 197 She loves the clothes and reckons they would walk out of the shop. 1998 Independent 20 Apr. ii. 4/2 We asked the shops..to give us the low-down on what's walking out of their stores right now. 2000 Math. Gaz. 84 372 This book walked off the shelves so rapidly that a reprint was necessary before this review could be published. P17. U.S. colloquial. to walk and chew gum at the same time and variants: to perform two simple tasks at the same time. Chiefly in negative contexts, implying lack of ability, competence, or wherewithal. ΚΠ 1956 Denton (Maryland) Record-Chron. 24 Dec. ii. 2/2 He can't walk and chew gum at the same time. 1976 SubStance 32 5 Its [sc. the law's] authenticity..is best confirmed when the task of executing it falls on the one you would least expect (on someone born in a log cabin, for example, or on a man who can't walk and chew gum at the same time). 1984 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 21 June a22/4 We all know those business executives who find it difficult to walk and chew gum simultaneously. 2001 New Republic 1 Oct. 23/1 Being a superpower means being able to walk and chew gum at the same time. P18. to walk on water: to do something seemingly impossible; to be perfect.An allusion to the miracle described in Matthew 14:25, ‘And in the fourth watch of the night, Iesus went vnto them, walking on the Sea’ (King James Bible). ΚΠ 1956 J. Kubeck Calendar Epic v. 68 I never yet seen a B.R. who didn't act like he could walk on water. How in hell does he get the idea he can walk in here without us givin' the word? 1975 Listener 6 Feb. 163/2 [The CID's] members behaving as if they could walk on water, and looking down on the ‘woollies’ who had to plod the beat in uniform. 1991 D. Lucie Fashion (rev. ed.) ii. i, in Fashion, Progress, Hard Feelings, Doing the Business 49 Good God. A fault. At last. I was beginning to think she could walk on water. 2001 New Republic 2 July 18/2 Our customers think we walk on water, and we do. P19. colloquial. to walk on the wild side: (of a person or thing) to be different, daring, or exciting. Also: to engage in a risky, dangerous, or illicit activity. Cf. a walk on the wild side at walk n.1 Phrases 6. ΚΠ 1963 Salt Lake Tribune 2 Apr. 7/2 (heading) Concert walks on the wild side. 1969 Times Record (Troy, N.Y.) 4 Dec. 11/2 (advt.) Only the fashion-adventuress need apply!.. A woman who walks on the wild side. 1988 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 15 May (Television section) 57 Admitting to having walked on the wild side in every sense. 1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again 48 It is not an era of neutering, so Caesar [sc. a cat] walks on the wild side... He goes out and gets laid. 2007 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 11 Mar. (You Mag.) 40 A period when [he]..walked on the wild side... ‘I took a lot of drugs years ago’, he confides. < as lemmas |
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