| 释义 |
dumple, v. rare.|ˈdʌmp(ə)l|
†a. [nonce-formation from dumpling.] trans. To make or cook, as a dumpling. Obs.
b. [? f. dumpy2.] To bend or compress into a dumpy shape.
1625Massinger New Way iii. ii, Greedy. Without order for the dumpling? Over. Let it be dumpled Which way thou wilt. 1827Scott Diary 17 Jan. in Lockhart, He was a little man, dumpled up together, and so ill made as to seem almost deformed. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. viii. 65 Let law come dimple Cinoncino's cheek, And Latin dumple Cinarello's chin. |