| 释义 |
pedgill, v. dial.|ˈpɛdʒ(ə)l|
[Cf. peggle v.]
To work hard and painstakingly at; to plod or persevere.
1913D. H. Lawrence Let. 12 Jan. (1962) I. 175 The thought of you pedgilling away at the novel frets me. 1915― Rainbow i. 8 But at drawing, his hand swung naturally in big, bold lines, rather lax, so that it was cruel for him to pedgill away at the lace designing, working from the tiny squares of his paper, counting and plotting and niggling. |