| 单词 | lab of the tongue |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslab of the tongue 2. A blabbermouth; a telltale. Also more fully lab of the tongue. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] > one who or that which discloses or reveals > secrets labc1405 blabber1557 telltale1595 divulger1606 sievea1616 confider1648 betrayer1738 blabbermouth1936 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 323 I nam no labbe And thogh I seye I nam nat lief to gabbe. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 300 Prouerbes kanst þy selue y-nowe..A-yens þat vice for to ben a labbe Al seyde men soth as often as þe[y] gabbe. c1422 T. Hoccleve Tale of Jerelaus (Durh.) l. 542 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 159 I neuere was yit of my tonge a labbe. a1500 in Retrosp. Rev. (1854) 2 309 Labbe hyt whyste, and owt yt muste. 1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) i. 3 Ees ded'nt thenk tha had'st a be' zitch a Labb o' tha Tongue. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Lab, a tittle-tattle; a blab. Also called a lab-o-the-tongue. West. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) I 'sure you he's a rigler, proper lab. 1982 B. G. Charles Eng. Dial. S. Pembrokeshire 31 Lab, ‘gossip, a tittle-tattler’. < as lemmas |
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