| 释义 |
ˈswitter, v. dial.
[Imitative.]
intr. = swatter v. 1. So switter-swatter adv. (imitative of the sound made by ducks splashing in water).
1694Urquhart's Rabelais i. xxi. 78 The total Welfare of our humidity doth not depend upon drinking, switter, swatter [ed. 1653 in a rible rable; orig. à tas, à tas] like Ducks. a1800Bonnie Milldams of Binnorie xi. in Child Ballads (1882) i. 129/2 Aye she swittert, and aye she swam, Till she cam to yon bonnie mill-dam. [Cf. quot. ? a 1800 s.v. swatter v. 1.] |