| 释义 |
ˈspraddle, v. Now chiefly dial. and U.S.
[? f. sprad, pa. pple. of spread v.]
1. intr. To sprawl.
1632Quarles Div. Fancies i. iv, O! what a ravishment 't had beene..To see thy busie Fingers cloathe and wrappe His spradling Limbs in thy indulgent Lappe! 1864Blackmore Clara Vaughan (1872) 76 So those two were allowed to spraddle on the floor. 1889Temple Bar LXXXV. 2 About the floor..spraddled forms of deal.
2. trans. To spread or stretch (one's legs, etc.) wide apart. Also transf.
1913J. London Son of Sun vii. 241 He stood with legs spraddled over a large grass basket. 1928‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country xv. 264 As she walked she spraddled the off hind hoof. 1929‘Seamark’ Down River i. 6 Let this decrepit tub of yours spraddle her old legs a little faster.
3. The vb.-stem in combination with ppl. adjs., to form adjs., as spraddle-footed, spraddle-hipped, spraddle-legged. U.S.
1935Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men i. viii. 177 Don't set there all spraddle-legged. 1974D. Sears Lark in Clear Air ii. 33 They were big, old, spraddle-hipped, spavined bays with a lot of Clyde in them. 1975J. Gores Hammett (1976) xiv. 102 The boy stood spraddle-footed on the porch.
Hence ˈspraddled ppl. a. (also with out: see also quot. 1927); ˈspraddling ppl. a.
1632Spradling [see sense 1 above]. 1898H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier 89 He rode with the spraddling seat of a man more accustomed to the plow than to the scout's saddle. 1926E. Hemingway Sun also Rises xviii. 230 They held him and lifted him. It was uncomfortable and his legs were spraddled. 1927Amer. Speech Dec. 169 To put on airs or be dudishly dressed was to be ‘all spraddled out’. 1930D. Runyon in Collier's 1 Feb. 46/2 Down he comes all spraddled out. 1935L. A. G. Strong Tuesday Afternoon 83 Between his spraddling knees he had spread a clean white napkin. 1940Harper's Mag. Oct. 513/2 Every now and then a nigger would come flying out and go sailing through the air..spraddled like a flying squirrel. 1975J. Gores Hammett (1976) xxxii. 221 Laverty's right knee pumped, twice, up between Lynch's spraddled legs. |