blackleg

/blak-leg/US // ˈblækˌlɛg //UK // (ˈblæklɛɡ) //

黑腿,黑脚,黑脚丫,黑脚趾

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : Also called black quarter, symptomatic anthrax. Veterinary Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease of cattle and sheep, caused by the soil bacterium Clostridium chauvoei and characterized by painful, gaseous swellings in the muscles, usually of the upper parts of the legs.
- : Plant Pathology. a disease of cabbage and other cruciferous plants, characterized by dry, black lesions on the base of the stem, caused by a fungus, Phoma lingam.a disease of potatoes, characterized by wet, black lesions on the base of the stem, caused by a bacterium, Erwinia atroseptica.
- : a swindler, especially in racing or gambling.
- : British Informal. a strikebreaker; scab.

v.有主动词 verb

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black·legged, black·leg·ging.British Informal.
- : to replace who is on strike.
- : to refuse to support.
- : to betray or deceive.

v.无主动词 verb

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black·legged, black·leg·ging.
- : British Informal. to return to work before a strike is settled.

It wad be awfu' to hear folk cryin' 'Blackleg' after yir faither, wadna' it, Mysie?
Is it to a house which displays the royal arms over the entrance-door men come to play blackleg or clown?
Cards are also going all day long, and there is generally a Fancy-man—or blackleg—ready to oblige a friend.
You and your master are cheats, he says, and your master is a blackleg besides, he says.
I told my son to discharge that knave; a scoundrel, a blackleg, a gambler, who ought to be hanged.

/blak-leg/US // ˈblækˌlɛg //UK // (ˈblæklɛɡ) //

黑腿,黑脚,黑脚丫,黑脚趾

n.名词 noun

1
- : Also called black quarter, symptomatic anthrax. Veterinary Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease of cattle and sheep, caused by the soil bacterium Clostridium chauvoei and characterized by painful, gaseous swellings in the muscles, usually of the upper parts of the legs.
- : Plant Pathology. a disease of cabbage and other cruciferous plants, characterized by dry, black lesions on the base of the stem, caused by a fungus, Phoma lingam.a disease of potatoes, characterized by wet, black lesions on the base of the stem, caused by a bacterium, Erwinia atroseptica.
- : a swindler, especially in racing or gambling.
- : British Informal. a strikebreaker; scab.

v.有主动词 verb

1
black·legged, black·leg·ging.British Informal.
- : to replace who is on strike.
- : to refuse to support.
- : to betray or deceive.

v.无主动词 verb

1
black·legged, black·leg·ging.
- : British Informal. to return to work before a strike is settled.

It wad be awfu' to hear folk cryin' 'Blackleg' after yir faither, wadna' it, Mysie?
Is it to a house which displays the royal arms over the entrance-door men come to play blackleg or clown?
Cards are also going all day long, and there is generally a Fancy-man—or blackleg—ready to oblige a friend.
You and your master are cheats, he says, and your master is a blackleg besides, he says.
I told my son to discharge that knave; a scoundrel, a blackleg, a gambler, who ought to be hanged.