| 释义 |
larrup, v. and intr. dial. and colloq.|ˈlærəp|
Also larrop, lirrop.
trans. To beat, flog, thrash. Hence ˈlarruping vbl. n.
1823Moor Suffolk Wds. 208 Larrup, to beat—similar to lace, lather [etc.]. 1824Peake Amer. Abr. i. i, I'll larrup you till you can't stand. a1825Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 53 To Lirrop, to beat. This is said to be a corruption of the sea term, lee-rope. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Larrup. 1829Fonblanque Eng. under 7 Administr. (1837) I. 246 Is this a land of liberty, where a man can't larrop his own nigger? 1833–4Jack Giant K. v. xiv. in Comic Nursery T. (1846) v. 44 Drinking success to the hero stout Who larruped the Giants out-and-out. 1874M. Collins Transmigr. I. xii. 221 He larruped me once when I was a boy for throwing stones at a cat. 1889‘Rolf Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms (1890) 156 ‘Your father'll give you a fine larrupin' if he comes home and there's that cow lost’. 1893F. B. Zincke Wherstead 261 Here [in East Anglia] the farmer used in old times to ‘larrup’ his idle disorderly boys. 1922Joyce Ulysses 498, I let him larrup it into me for the fun of it. 1939C. Fry Boy with Cart 26 Heard the first spatter of drops, the outriders Larruping on the road. 1953Dylan Thomas Under Milk Wood (1954) 81 From the larrupped waves the lights of the lamps in the windows call back the day. 1970[see cruelty 1 b.]. |