| 释义 |
ˈrib-roasting, vbl. n.
[f. prec.]
A beating, cudgelling. Cf. rib-roast n.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage ii. xvii. 203 The woman gave me of the tree (to wit a sound rib-roasting) and I did eate. 1664Butler Hud. ii. i. 248 He..Departs not meanly proud, and boasting, Of his magnificent Rib-roasting. 1718Motteux Quix. (1733) III. 37 Among my Master's Rib-roastings he has not forgot mine. 1817–18Cobbett Resid. U.S. (1822) 301 There are..the slashings and the rib-roastings to undergo. 1837W. Irving Capt. Bonneville (1849) 193 This sturdy ribroasting calmed the fury of the Crows. |