英语词汇spear 的词组、短语、固定搭配翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

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spear

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spear
noun

a hypodermic needle US
- — Francis J. Rigney and L. Douglas Smith, The Real Bohemia, p. xx, 1961
a firefighter’s hook US, 1954
- — American Speech, p. 273, December 1954: “Fire terms: additional words and definitions”

▶ take the spear
to accept responsibility US
Colonel Oliver North popularised the phrase during the moral collapse of the Reagan presidency in 1986 and 87, explaining that while he had said that he would “take the spear” for the administration’s misdeeds in Iran and Nicaragua, he did not mean that he would accept responsibility if criminal prosecution became a possibility.

Those of us who were won by his performance as an articulate witness may want to rethink our opinions as we watch him perform when it is really time to “take the spear.” [Letter to the editor], — Washington Post, p. A18, 24 February 1989
I’ve taken the spear for a lot of people. — Gone in 60 Seconds, 2000

▶ the spear
dismissal from work AUSTRALIA, 1941

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