单词 | hip-hole |
释义 | > as lemmaship-hole hip-hole n. originally Australian a shallow hollow dug in the ground in which to rest the hip bone, in order to make sleeping on one's side on hard or rough ground more comfortable; cf. hipper n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > made for hip hipper1867 hip-hole1900 1900 Advertiser (Adelaide) 19 Apr. 5/8 At night friends will probably catch us trying to dig a ‘hip hole’ with a mattress with a spade, or carrying our blankets out into the fowlhouse and camping there. 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai x. 167 I tried digging a hip-hole. 2008 Telegraph (Nexis) 7 June (Weekend section) 1 Not so long ago, digging a hip-hole was considered to be pretty sophisticated. Today, the more your tent resembles a Moroccan souk, the better. < as lemmas |
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