| 释义 |
highstrikes jocular colloq., orig. dial. or vulgar.|ˈhaɪstraɪks|
¶ Perverted form of hysterics.
1838C. Selby Jacques Strop ii. 4 Didn't I do the high⁓strikes famously? 1846D. Corcoran Pickings 149 She's one of the dreadfullest cases of the highstrikes I ever did see. 1899Pall Mall Mag. Jan. 82 [Mrs.] Flounce fell into the highstrikes at traipsing the roads after four o'clock. 1914G. Atherton Perch of Devil i. 204 If you don't get us out of this quick I'll have high-strikes. 1922Galsworthy Windows i. 19 They say she 'ad the 'ighstrikes after. 1945L. A. G. Strong Othello's Occupation iv. 102 Maisie just cavorts along..till things get too much. Then she has the highstrikes. 1957H. Croome Forgotten Place xvi. 193 There I was, all in among the bicycles, having hysterics—yes, I mean it, genuine old-fashioned high strikes. |