| 单词 | dading-string |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdading-string 1. attributive. Designating a lead or other apparatus used to guide a young child when walking, as †dading-sleeve, dading-string. Frequently in figurative contexts. ΚΠ 1675 H. Teonge Diary 20 June (1825) 13 His sonn..with his mayd to leade him by his dading sleeves. 1702 E. Baynard in J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσία Revived Postscr. Let. 220 They could never be Gull'd, and led by the Dading-strings, but by People of as little depth as themselves. 1774 J. Wright Let. 22 May in Reliquary Jan. (1864) 182 We are no better than infants, and ought to wear daiding strings. ?1857 J. Scholes Tim Gamwattle's Jawnt i. 4 Awve livt e Smobridge evvur sin awre e dadin-strengs. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Dading-strings, by which a child is held up when learning to walk. 1999 S. Davies Impassioned Clay 84 I replied, ‘Indeed, but their minds are weaker & must be led with dading-strings like infants.’ < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。