| 释义 |
wringle-|ˈrɪŋg(ə)l|
the verb-stem used attrib. in wringle-gut, -straw dial., † -tail: (see quots.).
1658Rowland tr. Moufet's Theat. Ins. 937 There is another Fly..which Pennius cals Curvicaudem [= curved tail], very well in English a Wringle-tail, in regard that..he bends his tail towards him with his sting started. 1691Ray N. Co. Words (ed. 2) 84 Wringle-streas, or Straws,..Windle-Straws. 1777in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v., Wringle-gut, one who frets his guts to fiddle-strings by twisting and turning his body. 1877Holderness Gloss. 160 Wringlesthreea,..a coarse grass. |