单词 | drooking |
释义 | drookingn. Scottish and Irish English (northern). A drenching, a soaking. ΚΠ 1823 J. Hogg Three Perils of Woman II. i. vii. 119 An the wind an' the rain gang contrair ane anither, the swaird may get a double droukin' in ae night. 1883 A. Stewart Nether Lochaber xxxii. 195 Our companion of that day..got a thorough drouking, as we say in Scotland. 2017 @reiver_rover 4 June in twitter.com (accessed 14 May 2019) Decided to head out for a wander before lunchtime in order to try & beat the rain, however the rain had other ideas and we got a drookin. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). drookingadj. Scottish and Irish English (northern). Drenching, soaking. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [adjective] > very wetting sousing1619 soakinga1642 sugging1733 drenching1768 sowping1807 drooking1813 saturating1897 1813 E. Picken Misc. Poems II. 23 The droukin' rain may fluid the stack. 1859 T. W. J. Connolly Romance of Ranks II. 267 What ha' ye bin doin' to be out this dhrookin' night? 1922 W. Gibson Krindlesyke 128 I'd liefer it teemed wholewater, A sousing, drooking downpour, any time. 1996 S. Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 3 The on-ding o drookin thunnerplowts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1823adj.1813 |
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