| 释义 |
move
verb
to sell, especially in bulk US, 1938- Ex-pimp. Moved a couple of ounces, supposed to be a big shot. — Edwin Torres, After Hours, p. 190, 1979
- Though the ‘vette would be easier to move. Get some plates off another car, drive up to Atlanta, and unload it. — Elmore Leonard, Stick, p. 67, 1983
- We gotta move these refrigerators / We gotta move these colour TV’s. — Dire Straits, Money for Nothing, 1985
- All I need is for you to keep bringing the stuff. I’ve gut a guy in here from Pittsburgh who’ll move it for me. — Goodfellas, 1990
- Henry Santoro and Frankie Fish are moving weight in Florida. — Gone in 60 Seconds, 2000
▶ get moving
to urgently begin to do or go UK, 1963- Once it was confirmed, after all that delay, I really wanted to get moving[.] — Observer, 3 March 2002
▶ move the line
in sports betting, to change the point spread that is the basis for betting on one team or the other US, 1975- Usually moving a line does what a BM wants, which is to balance out very uneven betting. — Gary Mayer, Bookie, p. 155, 1974
- When the guys at the Amorita Club noticed how I was winning they paid me the compliment of favoring the side that I liked. That is, they would move the line. — Jimmy Snyder, Jimmy the Greek, p. 28, 1975
▶ move under an ashen sail
to row a boat CANADA, 1975
As paddles are often made out of ash wood, to say “he’s moving under an ashen sail” is a jocular way of saying that he is not sailing, but rowing. |