high and dry

英语

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形容词

high and dry (無比較級)

1. 搁浅的；停泊于干船坞中的
2. (俗語) 孤立无援的，无助的
3. (貶義，俗語) 与高教会有联系的 （福音派教会用low and slow，广派教会用broad and shallow）
   • 1844, A. H. Maltby, The New Englander‎^[1], 第 2 卷，第 321 頁:

     "There are two recognized parties in the church of England, the old High-and-dry church party, and the so-called Evangelical. To one or other of these two the Anglo-Catholic must conform."

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

4. (美國，俗語，俚語，指三明治) 无佐料的

衍生词汇

• leave someone high and dry

参见

• hard-and-fast
• high and mighty
• leave to one's own devices

参考资料

• John Stephen Farmer, A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial 英语：Abridged from the Seven-volume, page 222 (G. Routledge & Sons, limited, 1905)
• Albert Barrère, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant Embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian Slang, Pidgin English, Gypsies' Jargon and Other Irregular Phraseology, Volume 1, page 435 (1897)
• Martin Robson, Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat: Naval Slang and Its Everyday Usage, page 50 (Anova Books, 2012)
• Barbara Ann Kipfer, Phraseology, page 137 (Sourcebooks, 2008)