单词 | coorie |
释义 | cooriev. Scottish and Irish English (northern). 1. intransitive. To crouch, stoop, or keep low, esp. for protection. Usually with down, in. ΚΠ 1879 J. White Jottings 222 Before the leaves begin to fade, Just coorie doon beneath its shade. 1894 ‘I. Maclaren’ Beside Bonnie Brier Bush iv. iv. 159 It was nichtfa' afore she got over the fricht, and when she saw him on the road next Sabbath, she cooried in ahint ma goon. 1903 H. MacGregor Souter's Lamp 43 Geordie, dinna mak' a noise! Coorie doon when ye're passin' the parlour window! 1995 A. Warner Morvern Callar (1996) 141 I cooried so's my topmost bits were under the surface but you could see his eyes being able to make them out in the shallowy water. 2. intransitive. To snuggle, nestle. Usually with down. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [verb (intransitive)] > nestle or snuggle up snug1583 snudge1633 nuzzle1637 snuggle1688 nestle1709 cuddle1710 snuzzle1781 snoozle1831 snuggle1840 pettle1855 coorie1898 1898 Boy's Own Paper 30 Apr. 491/2 He will ‘coorie doon’, as the Scotch say, and cry to be stroked and patted. 1902 A. Wardrop Robin Tamson's Hamely Sketches 228 Sae I maun haste and coorie doon Aside the lass I lo'e. ?1992 J. Maley & W. Maley From Calton to Catalonia ii. 23 They like tae coory intae the seams a yer troosers. 2017 @kpkeepsakes 10 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Sleety snowy weather here now! Time to coorie down and keep warm! This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1879 |
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