| 释义 |
ˈswishing, vbl. n.
[f. swish v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of moving with a swishing sound; a swishing movement or sound.
1860Thackeray Round. Papers, On being found out (1861) 126 What a butchery,..what an endless swishing of the rod! 1891in Mrs. A. P. Martin Cooee 277 The swishing of the ducks' wings. 1897S. Crane Third Violet xxvi. 177 Hawker heard a step and the soft swishing of a woman's dress.
2. A flogging; esp. so called at Eton. Also attrib.
1859J. Payn Foster Brothers ix. 134 The Times controversy upon the great ‘swishing’ case at Winton. 1863Kingsley Water-Bab. i, The birches birched him as soundly as if he had been a nobleman at Eton, and over the face too (which is not fair swishing, as all brave boys will agree). 1890R. C. Lehmann H. Fludyer 47 Don't let the Mater know about this; but nobody..thinks anything of a swishing. 1901Athenæum 27 July 121/1 Had not our young friend enjoyed better luck than he deserved, his visits to the ‘swishing-room’ would have been even more frequent. |