释义 |
shaup, shawp Sc.|ʃɑp| [Prob. cogn. w. ON. skálp-r scabbard, Du. schelp, schulp shell.] 1. A pea-pod; a case, wrapper.
1822Galt Sir A. Wylie I. xxv. 228 But naebody can tell what's in the shawp till it's shelt. 1850J. Struthers Poet. Wks. I. Autobiog. 101 Whether it was sold to be read..[or] cut..into squares to be shaups for sweeties, he knoweth not. 2. fig. An empty person.
1728Ramsay Archers diverting themselves 78 Proud shaups, dull coofs, and gabbling gowks. |