| 释义 |
collar
noun- an arrest US, 1871
- One of the cops, the handsomest, made the pick-up, and his confederates were supposed to crash in five minutes after he entered the room, which would give both time to disrobe, and that is enough evidence to make a collar. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Washington Confidential, p. 23, 1951
- In those days one big collar and you were in the Detective Bureau. — Edwin Torres, Q & A, p. 17, 1977
- Cocaine. Dirty cops. Hollywood. This is Crocket and Tubbs all the way. And we found it, so we want the fucking collar. — True Romance, 1993
- [M]ake ten collars by the witching hour and cop a microwave for a bonus. — Andrew Nickolds, Back to Basics, p. 46, 1994
- [C]oppers looking for a collar[.] — Irish Jack (writing of the 1960s), History, The Sharper Word, p. 31, 1998
- a police officer US
- — Kenn “Naz” Young, Naz’s Underground Dictionary, p. 22, 1973
- hard, laborious work UK
English gypsy use; shortened from conventional “collar-work”. - [W]e repaid them [farmers] by doing a bit of collar and treating their land with respect in turn. — Jimmy Stockin, On The Cobbles, p. 49, 2000
- an improvised seal between a dropper and needle used to inject drugs US
- Siphoning up the liquid again, applying the needle with its collar (a strip from the end of a dollar bill) to the neck of the dropper, twisting it on, resting the shot momentarily while he ties up[.] — Alexander Trocchi, Cain’s Book, p. 81, 1960
- The hypodermic needle is secured to a common eyedropper by means of a narrow cardboard “collar.” — Leonard Cohen, Beautiful Losers, pp. 238–239, 1966
- — Current Slang, p. 15, Fall 1968
- the steering column of a car US
- I don’t care what kind of car it is, how fancy, how expensive, how new. You pop the collar, it’s 1966 all over again. — Gone in 60 Seconds, 2000
▶ finger a collar
to make an arrest UK
Police slang; a variation of “feel your collar”.- — Martin Fido and Keith Skinner, The Official Encyclopaedia of New Scotland Yard, 1999
▶ have your collar felt; have your collar touched
to be arrested or stopped by the police UK, 1949
The active verb COLLAR[S]tart grassing even before they’ve been whacked, soon as they get their collar felt[.] — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 24, 1962 “Mr. Regan,” he said and wondered if he was about to have his collar felt. — The Sweeney, p. 49, 1976 I’m sure that if the Old Bill had seen the claret [blood] I would have had my collar felt. — Martin King and Martin Knight, The Naughty Nineties, p. 41, 1999 “Gene’s been looking to get that felt.” He grabs his collar and tugs. — J.J. Connolly, Layer Cake, p. 264, 2000 |