| 释义 |
ˈheart-spoon Obs. or dial.
[See spoon n.]
a. The depression at the end of the breast- or brisket-bone, called also spoon of the brisket or stomach.
b. The pit of the stomach; the navel or midriff.
c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1748 He feeleth thurgh the herte spoon the prikke. a1728Kennett Etym. Angl. Lansd. MS. 1033 lf. 174/2 Ha's varra seek, it warks at his heart-speaun. 1821Scott Kenilw. xx, I will whet my dagger on his heart-spone, that refuses! a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Heart-spoon, the pit of the stomach. |