释义 |
punt verb- to gamble UK, 1873
- anyone who wants to punt on the identity of the Conservative leader at the next election. — The Guardian, 20 March 2003
- to do poorly; to give up in some fashion because you are doing poorly US
A metaphor from American football, where a team that has not advanced the ball ten yards after three plays will often choose to punt the ball to its opposition rather than risk giving up field position. - — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 178, 1968
- — Eric S. Raymond, The New Hacker’s Dictionary, p. 291, 1991
- to vomit IRELAND
- You don’t want Yer Man (q.v.) the tester to punt his lunch all over yeh. — Joseph O’Connor, The Irish Male at Home and Abroad, p. 54, 1996
▶ punt the pail to die UK: SCOTLAND A jocular variation of KICK THE BUCKETI’m as feart of punting the pail as the next man. — Ian Pattison, Rab C. Nesbitt, 1988 |