释义 |
tank; tank job noun an intentional loss in a competition US Originally boxing slang.- To them there is only two kinds of a fight: a tank and a double-cross. — Rocky Graziano (with Rowland Barber), Somebody Up There Likes Me, p. 276, 1955
- Some people are saying you’re going into the tank. — Raging Bull, 1980
- Head-hunter Reuben – near-miss hooks moving back. Lazy Reuben, bored Reuben. A snap guess: tank job. — James Ellroy, White Jazz, p. 143, 1992
|