单词 | cosh |
释义 | cosh, Crime Weaponscosh1 /kɒʃ $ kɑːʃ/ noun [countableC] 1. PMWSCCa heavy weapon in the shape of a short thick pipe 〔作武器用的〕短棒 n2 under the cosh British EnglishBrE informal in a difficult situation and under a lot of pressure A lot of people are under the cosh financially at present. Examples from the Corpus cosh• In a crisis it could have doubled as a draught excluder or, if the pub got rough, as a cosh.• The Millwall brick, for example, was a newspaper folded again and again and squashed together to form a cosh.• Guided by the sound, Dunn moved in and whacked him on the head with a spring-loaded cosh.• Everybody's under the cosh financially these days.• He was still turning when the cosh struck him behind the ear. cosh2 verb [transitiveT] HITto hit someone with a cosh 用短棒打 |
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