| 释义 |
shine
noun- a black person US, 1908
Abusive in any context. - Suddenly I heard the school superintendent, who had told me to come, yell, “Bring up the shines, gentlemen! Bring up the little shines!” — Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, p. 18, 1947
- “That’s shine music,” she said. — Hal Ellson, Tomboy, p. 15, 1950
- A Negro sitting opposite us smiled. “The shine is wise,” said Roy in my ear. — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 46, 1953
- How did the shine assail him? — Chester Himes, The Real Cool Killers, p. 40, 1959
- Get the shine out of here, Carlito. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 82, 1975
- Porta whispered, “Jimmy, this shine will be D.O.A. at County[.]” — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Death Wish, p. 241, 1977
- Listen, you shine, we ’bout carved up one jungle bunny t’night. — Larry Heinemann, Close Quarters, p. 164, 1977
- Let the judge see this poor, rickety old glass of milk jammed in between the shines. — Vincent Patrick, Family Business, p. 45, 1985
- a government bureaucrat US
From the shine on the seat of the bureaucrat’s trousers. - — Carsten Stroud, Close Pursuit, p. 275, 1987
- alcohol US, 1933
- Some of Roland Crowe’s buddies were still sloshing around back there in the swamp, driving air boats, guiding hunting and fishing parties, poaching alligators, making shine[.] — Elmore Leonard, Gold Coast, p. 33, 1980
- a still used in the illegal production of alcohol US
- — David W. Maurer, Kentucky Moonshine, p. 124, 1974
- an act of oral sex UK, 2002
A possible play on spit and polish as a means of getting a shine; it seems only to have been noted in the plural. - a decorative tooth cap US
- The teeth caps are alternately called grills, fronts, shines, plates, or caps, and these glittering decorative pieces are the latest hip-hop culture trend making its way into the mainstream. — Boston Globe, p. C1, 31 January 2006
▶ take a shine to
to take a liking to someone or something US, 1839- Some friends’ five year-old daughter took a shine to one of my necklaces. I was fond of it too[.] — The Guardian, 17 August 1999
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