pull up stumps

短语

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词形变化

pulls up stumps 三单 pulling up stumps 现在分词 pulled up stumps 过去式 pulled up stumps 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To cease doing something, at least for the day.

    比喻
  2. 1.

    To relocate, emigrate, move one's home to some other place.

    美国 比喻

词源

From the game of cricket, where a day's play is terminated by the umpire pulling up the stumps.

来源：wiktionary