此外, sure-fire,最早于1864年出现在美国英语中,源于 sure 和fire(动词)。最初用于步枪。 同样来自于:1864 相关词汇 surefire fire(v.) 大约在1200年, furen 的意思是"激起,燃烧,激动"(这是一个比喻的用法); "点燃"的字面意思可以追溯到14世纪末,源自 fire (n.)。古英语动词 fyrian "提供火源"显然没...
Advertisement adjective(1) Advertisement View synonyms forsurefire [shoor-fahyuhr,shur-] Phonetic (Standard)IPA adjective sureto work; foolproof: a surefire moneymaking scheme. Discover More Word History and Origins Origin ofsurefire1 First recorded in1915–20;sure+fire ...
"certain to succeed," by 1864, American English, from sure + fire (v.). Originally of… See origin and meaning of surefire.