| 单词 | quips and cranks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquips and cranks 3. A twist or fanciful turn of speech; a humorous turn, a verbal trick or conceit. Usually in quips and cranks, after Milton. Also, anything fantastic in behaviour, gesture, or action. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] > instance of crank1594 wits, fits, and fancies1595 jerk1598 quirk1600 tongue-squib1628 dictery1632 repartee1637 quip1645 good thing1671 bon mot1735 a play on (also upon) words1761 sally1781 wordplay1794 southboarda1805 mot1813 smartism1830 1594 2nd Rep. Dr. Faustus vi. sig. D Such cranks, such lifts, careers and gambalds. 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 31 Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Crank..3. Any conceit formed by twisting or changing, in any manner, the form or meaning of a word. 1805 T. Moore To Lady H. v To play at riddles, quips, and cranks. a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas li, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 46 Many quips and cranks She played upon the water. 1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens IV. xix. vi. 37 Wolsey was driven to quips and cranks which made the King suspect him. < as lemmas |
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