heave-ho['hi:v'həu]

• n.
  • [口语]
  • 拒绝，摒弃，抛弃
  • 免职，开除，解雇
• vi.
  • 用力举起；用力拉：

    Your car has heave-hoed out of the lake.

    你的汽车已从湖中拉上来了。

  • 大声喊叫“用力拉呀”
• vt.
  • 用力拉；用力举起
• 短语:
  • get the (old) heave-ho (from someone) [口语]被(某人)抛弃；被(某人)解雇
  • give someone the (old) heave-ho 抛弃某人；解雇某人
• 变形:

  vi.heave-hoed或heave-ho'd.hoing