释义 |
wheeze noun- a piece of comedic business; a trick; a clever idea UK, 1864
Originally theatrical, used by clowns and comedians; then especially popular with schoolchildren. - The crew thought it would be a splendid wheeze to leave me there. — Ingrid Pitt, The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women, 2001: Introduction
- a false belief US
- They don’t have to stay in their places. That’s an old wheeze. — Antony James, America’s Homosexual Underground, p. 118, 1965
|