单词 | dunship |
释义 | † dunshipn. humorous. Obsolete. rare. In your dunship: (a mock title for) someone who is stuck or at a standstill, in allusion to the proverbial phrase dun is in the mire (see dun n.1 Phrases 1). ΚΠ 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 200 Ralph himself, your trusty Squire, Wh' has drag'd your Dun-ship out o' th' Mire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018). < n.1678 |
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