英语词汇take the long count的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	take the long count
词源	take the long count. A boxer knocked out takes the long count, that is he stays down at least until the referee counts to 10. The American expression has also long been used in the past tense as a synonym or euphemism for death.
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