| 释义 |
time
noun- time in prison; a jail sentence UK, 1837
- They talk’ like they serious about me doin’ that machine gun time. — Jackie Brown, 1997
- a five-dollar unit in betting US
- [W]hen a bettor used the expression “a time” it meant $5, as in, “give me Green Bay thirty times,” which even I understood meant $150. — Gary Mayer, Bookie, p. 77, 1974
▶ (he) wouldn’t give you the time of day; too mean to give you the time of day
applied to a notoriously mean person UK, 1984- Why are you yelling at Michael? If it wasn’t for Michael, Peter wouldn’t give you the time of day. — Frank Owen, Clubland, p. 138, 2003
▶ do time- to serve a prison sentence, especially in a manner that preserves the prisoner’s sanity UK, 1865
- The grateful Satira, later a Page 1 sensation, did her time, got out of the can, and promptly booked herself into his opposition saloon. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Chicago Confidential, p. 67, 1950
- The broad caught it immediately and said, “You did time?” and there was a hesitancy in her voice. — Mickey Spillane, Return of the Hood, p. 83, 1964
- Nearly every one of them had done some time[.] — Malcolm X and Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 87, 1964
- He did the time; he didn’t let the time do him. — Donald Goines, White Man’s Justice, Black Man’s Grief, p. 201, 1973
- Where I was from, who I knew, how I knew Nice Guy, had I done time, shit like that. — Reservoir Dogs, 1992
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 46, 1996
- to stay after school in detention US
- — This Week Magazine, New York Herald Tribune, p. 46, 28 February 1954
▶ for the time
in poolroom betting, playing with the loser paying for the use of the table US- When one player says to another “Let’s just play sociable,” as often as not he means that they should play for only a dollar or two, and at the very least means that they should play “for the time” (the loser paying the check). — Ned Polsky, Hustlers, Beats, and Others, p. 47, 1967
▶ have no time for
to have no respect for someone AUSTRALIA, 1911- True folk [-music] cultists are a pain in the ass. I have no time for them. — The Observer, 30 November 2003
▶ in no time; in less than no time
immediately UK, 1822- Everyone knows the law doesn’t work here. You can bribe your way out in no time[.] — The Observer, 21 September 2003
▶ make time; make time with
to have sex with someone; to make sexual advances towards someone US, 1934 |