| 单词 | devil's tattoo |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdevil's tattoo devil's tattoo n. the action of idly tapping or drumming with the fingers, etc., upon a table or other object, in an irritating manner, or as a sign of vexation, impatience, or the like; frequently with the verb beat; cf. tattoo n.1 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > regular or alternating rhythm > drumming > of fingers devil's tattoo1755 1755 J. Kidgell Card II. 61 Down she set herself,..beating the Devil's Tattoo with her Foot upon the Frame of a Table incessantly for two Hours. 1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda II. xvii. 164 Mrs. Freke beat the devil's tattoo for some moments. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. ii. 92 The Peer sat in a musing mood, playing the Devil's tattoo on the library table. 1872 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) II. viii. iv. 544 Beating the ‘devil's tattoo’ with the fingers on the table, is a recognized mark of impatience. 1905 G. K. Chesterton Club of Queer Trades i. 38 The frantic Brown, whose hand was beating the frantic devil's tattoo on the back of the chair. 2002 D. Toole Appetite for Murder xv. 148 For several moments Desroches beat a devil's tattoo on the desk with his fingers. < as lemmas |
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