| 释义 |
wimble-wamble, adv. and n. dial. or arch.|ˈwɪmb(ə)lˈwɒmb(ə)l|
[Redupl. f. wamble n. and v.]
a. adv. (See quot.)
b. n. ? The ‘general run’, the ordinary crowd.
1890J. D. Robertson Gloss. Dial. & Archaic Wds. Glos. 179 Wimble-wamble, to go sort of, vb. to roll about in walking. 1937H. G. Wells Star Begotten viii. 142 They will observe how they resemble each other and how they differ from the wimble-wamble of the common world. |