| 单词 | foul play |
| 释义 | foul playSEE SYNONYMS FOR foul play ON THESAURUS.COM nounany treacherous or unfair dealing, especially involving murder: We feared that he had met with foul play. unfair conduct in a game. Origin of foul playFirst recorded in 1600–10 Words nearby foul playfoul marten, foul matter, foulmouthed, foulness, foul one's nest, foul play, foul pole, fouls, foul shot, foul tip, foul-up Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for foul playfoul play noununfair or treacherous conduct esp with violence a violation of the rules in a game or sport Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with foul playfoul play Unfair or treacherous action, especially involving violence. For example, The police suspected he had met with foul play. This term originally was and still is applied to unfair conduct in a sport or game and was being used figuratively by the late 1500s. Shakespeare used it in The Tempest (1:2): “What foul play had we, that we came from thence?” The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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