| 单词 | criss-cross applesauce |
| 释义 | > as lemmascriss-cross applesauce U.S. criss-cross applesauce: in a cross-legged position; sitting cross-legged.Chiefly used by or with reference to children. [Reflecting earlier use of criss-cross applesauce in various children's songs, rhymes, etc. (compare quot. 1936), in which words are chosen primarily for reasons of rhyme rather than sense.] ΚΠ 1936 A. R. Wright & R. Jones Children of Nineties 63 He did not tell anybody of his plan but Louisa and he made her promise not to tell. ‘Criss Cross, Apple Sauce, hope to die and spit’ she swore.] 1987 Corvallis (Oregon) Gaz.-Times 11 July b1/1 The children in her groups have to follow..rules: Sit in a circle on the floor (‘crisscross, applesauce’, as the kids say), listen and not talk when somebody else is speaking. 2019 Newberry (S. Carolina) Observer (Nexis) 3 Aug. They brought all of us to the gymnasium. I sat on the floor criss-cross applesauce and watched the small black and white TV of the launch. < as lemmas |
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