单词 | death-ruckle |
释义 | > as lemmasdeath-ruckle death-ruckle n. [ < death n. + ruckle n.2] originally Scottish (now rare) = death rattle n.; cf. death-ruttle n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > death throes > sound of death rattle1781 death-ruckle1815 death-ruttle1841 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 89 That was the death ruckle—he's dead. 1885 Ld. Tennyson in Critic (N.Y.) 21 Nov. 248/1 Vows that will last to the last death-ruckle. 1928 Poetry May 87 And so, in his last death-ruckle, Villon is dead. < 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。