| 释义 |
▪ I. quirking, vbl. n.|ˈkwɜːkɪŋ|
[f. quirk v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. in its various senses, or the result of this.
a1688Bunyan Mr. Badman (1767) I. 735 Forbear quirking and mocking. 1820Shelley Œd. Tyr. i. 254 If you had hung her With canting and quirking. 1892Harper's Mag. Feb. 411/1 Ed. In all uncomely? Ath. Ay, to the very quirking of her eyebrows.
▪ II. quirking, ppl. a.1|ˈkwɜːkɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That quirks.
1605F. Mason Serm. (1607) 25 Surely..quirking braines may haue their conceits. 1679C. Nesse Antid. agst. Popery 65 This quirking fryar. 1821Clare Vill. Minstr. II. 23 The quirking rabbit scarcely leaves her hole. |