| 单词 | play possum |
| 例句 | Horace lay unmoving on the floor, either knocked out or playing possum. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Alternative viewpoints”? It’s exasperating to watch a smart woman play possum like this — not just in the interviews but in the writing, especially when her conclusions don’t tell us anything we didn’t know before. In ‘My War Criminal,’ the Bad Guy Controls the Conversation 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z The Puritans referred to marital relations as “playing possum,” since they moved as little as possible. Style Invitational Week 1293: Constitutional unconvention 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Sometimes I try to play possum for a few extra minutes, but it never works. What I Wore: With Pops of Color 2011-05-06T15:30:43Z He's doing what warriors have always done in situations like this: he's playing possum. The Grey's hero, dead? Perish the thought 2012-05-31T08:53:21Z It was just playing possum, waiting for the Coens to come along and rouse it. True Grit 2011-01-04T20:38:08Z After playing possum for awhile, Tara made her way into the camp proper, where she observed a group of hardscrabble women doing chores, educating their children and, eventually, trying to shoot her. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7, Episode 6: Hey Look, Another New Group! 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z One of the Japanese, however, is just playing possum. Creating a spectacle of slaughter at the movies: Ambush at Kamikaze Pass 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Other tropes – not present in Kursk – include periscope POV, playing possum, depth charges, silent running, the yell of “Dive! Dive! Dive!” Naval gazing: the submarine's fathomless rise to screen stardom 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z But curiously, in “4 3 2 1” the clever, philosophical, morose Auster of his moving, sometimes surpassingly beautiful New York Trilogy is playing possum. For a doorstopper, Paul Auster's '4 3 2 1' is surprisingly light 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Any chance that the M’s were playing possum with Marte and Arroyo? What national media and fans are saying about Mariners’ trade for Luis Castillo 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z After running the simulation thousands of times, the researchers found that “playing possum” indeed helped the antlions: It increased the survival rate in a given patch by about 20 percent. The Power of Playing Dead 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z At first, I considered playing possum — not responding. I went to the doctor for a routine checkup during the pandemic. You should, too. 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z After Soto carried his bat to within one step of first base, then dropped it, he played possum. Perspective | For Nationals fans, an autumn to remember forever — and be thankful for 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z I still wonder whether the Dodgers, Cubs and Yankees — any or all of them — are playing possum. Perspective | The Nats have built a contending roster without Bryce Harper. What if he stays? 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z But Roberts is a savvy player, Boyer said, and it is possible he had been “playing possum” until the games that count. The Unlikeliest Star of the Jets’ Opening Win? Special Teams 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Is this just playing possum or hiding your cards? Perspective | Go ahead, Caps fans, get all-the-way excited. This team really is different. 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z How many of us have watched a possum “play possum” or a goshawk swoop after a blue jay? Feeling My Way Into Blindness 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z What if he’s just playing possum, they wondered. Officers remember 2015 Dallas police headquarters gunfire 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z Needing a big play to squelch Pittsburgh’s mounting momentum, Jordan Norwood played possum on a short punt before scooping up the loose ball that Steelers safety Shamarko Thomas had touched but not picked up himself. Giants, Ravens, Broncos make questionable calls in Week 15 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z When Torgerson stopped breathing, two officers stayed on top of him, fearing he was “playing possum.” New police training aims to produce ‘guardians,’ not ‘warriors’ 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z It joins a long list of animals that play possum. From Big Drama to Bad Smells, How Animals Play Dead 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z “Chad would kill me if he thought I was playing possum,” Johnson said. Johnson opens Chase seeking record-tying 7th title 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z “Jay is a real good football coach,” Belichick added before Tuesday’s practice, playing possum to perfection. Redskins can learn plenty from the joint practices with the Patriots It was suggested that Spain’s side likes to play possum. How the United Nations Watches the World Cup 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z The animal’s most famous talent, “playing possum,” is not a voluntary response to a threat. City Room: Opossums Are Unloved, Yet Hard to Resist 2014-01-24T18:48:00Z And as the nickname “playing possum” suggests, it’s not unique to frogs. From Big Drama to Bad Smells, How Animals Play Dead 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z The game's flailing monstrosities, the Necromorphs – which looked so thoroughly disturbing in the series' first outing – are now all-too familiar, and so to is the way some of them play possum until the player approaches. Dead Space 3 – review 2013-02-06T11:54:23Z The Huskies just love to play possum, it seems. Hard-nosed Huskies show they're not dead yet 2012-10-28T09:16:06Z The Frenchman's conclusion: "You will play possum until Rio, then … bam." London 2012: the best moments of a golden Games 2012-08-13T10:00:00Z They'll soon have me in the school-room now, though I do still play possum all I can, eating my gruel, which a strange servant brings, and pretending not to see her. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z After transferring the contents of my pockets to his own, he re-mounted his horse and rode away, without ever suspecting that the object before him was playing possum. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z I knew why they didn't come down; they were afraid I was playing possum. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z We prefer to believe it’s just playing possum. Giving Thanks for Productive Insurgents, U.S. Resilience: View 2011-11-24T03:44:16Z Prince had his doubts as to whether it was really dead or was “playing possum.” Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z To play possum when one hears the footfall of Fate on the stairs. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z One of the members said: “The d....d skunk is playing possum.” The Nation's Peril Twelve Years' Experience in the South 2011-03-17T02:00:12.580Z The best way to stop the Oregon offense seems to be playing possum. The Quad: Weekly Pick 'Em: Championship Saturday 2010-12-04T00:52:00Z Such animals are known to feign death when threatened, giving rise to the phrase "playing possum". Not playing possum: US man arrested 'resuscitating' roadkill 2010-03-27T22:59:00Z Look out there!" shouted Giraffe, giving a hop, skip and a jump in another direction; "he may be playing possum on us! The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine This business is pretty simple," the captain went on, "these pigs simply play possum. The Planet with No Nightmare Lying down in his frail vessel; either asleep, or "playing possum." The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes "Mr. Lincoln speaks in enigmas; I must confess I do not understand his meaning, nor his elegant allusion to 'playing possum.'" Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 After an hour I got up, dressed, and started out, when my friend, who had been playing possum all the time, said: 'Where are you going?' Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight "Hoped he'd be smart enough to play possum after he was hit." Shaman “Wonder if there’s anyone down there, 66 asleep, or playing possum?” thought the young skipper as he peered into the blackness and listened. The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise You’re playing possum,” and, springing quickly out of bed, she gave that young lady a vigorous shake, which caused her to open her eyes rather suddenly. Lucile Triumphant I see the buzzards still flying about, and fresh ones comin', an' I took a idee that I might get some, so I laid down close to the buffler, and played possum. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography Finding this game did not work, he soon began to "play possum" again. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs Or was it possible he was “playing possum,” to cover the carrying-out of some plan of revenge against the road? The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Indeed, as she peered closely at him she distinctly saw him wink his left eye, and this act, with the bright look in his eyes, warned her that Copley was playing possum. Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands When the weevils are disturbed they fall and "play possum" and can be easily collected. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 For Jo had been playing possum and was not nearly so badly hurt as he had appeared to be. Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power On a tack, she might be a swifter sailer than she has shown herself before wind; and, knowing this, has been but “playing possum” with the frigate. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Well, do you know the expression 'playing possum'? because that's what I did. The Path to Honour If disturbed, it did not “play possum,” that is, did not feign sleep or death, but opened its mouth and grinned up at you in a sort of comical, idiotic way. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers Our Yankee friend, however, would not allow the poor fellow even the excuse of stupidity, but declared that he only "played possum from sheer ugliness." The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Again and again the thought came to the girl that the Gypsy boy was actually "playing possum." Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace We thought we had killed three of them before we charged, but one of those three was 'playing possum.' Fighting in France Come, let’s see after the other fellow; perhaps he’s playing possum, and may be off. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 He was still within range, however, and we kept the stones flying faster and faster, but he just blinked and played possum without wincing either at our best shots or at the noise we made. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth Several times since then I have known of his playing possum in the same way. Ways of Wood Folk "But I do not think he is 'playing possum.'" Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace Poor men were also exempt from being robbed by the Cavalier; that is if he really thought a man was poor and not "playing possum," to get off from paying the toll demanded. Beadle's Boy's Library of Sport, Story and Adventure, Vol. I, No. 1. Adventures of Buffalo Bill from Boyhood to Manhood Some said he was dead, others said he was "playing possum" while others kicked him to make him get up, but it was of no use—he was dead. The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave I had on so many prior occasions "played possum" that the doctor naturally attributed complex and unfathomable motives to my most innocent acts. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography Thinking his foe dead, he loosed his grip to try to get at his knife, but, as Andrew afterwards said, the Indian had only been "playing possum," and in a second the struggle was renewed. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 It lay perfectly still, even when touched, its eyes being half closed, as, guided by instinct, it tried to "play possum." Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted The devil was going to play possum on us. Personal Experiences of S. O. Susag The fellow took the hint, and just then Mr. Bell came up with his capture, who had merely been "playing possum." The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise At the hospital, roll-call was not necessary, but they found an attendant playing possum! Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 She was not dead, only playing possum, and now she leaped up and vanished into a near-by thicket of cactus and sage. Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted On these occasions she would suffer in silence, playing possum, shamming dead, for she seemed to know that that was the best thing to do. Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted |
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