英语词汇“rib-digging”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

rib-digging n. and adj. (a) n. the action or an act of digging (a person, animal, etc.) in the ribs; (b) adj. (chiefly figurative) joking, conspiratorial, or mischievously insinuating.

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1868 Liverpool Mercury 8 Dec. This process [sc. judging cattle] involved much rib-digging, flesh-grinding, girth-measuring [etc.].

1925 H. J. Laski Let. 28 Apr. in Holmes-Laski Lett. (1953) I. 737 Love by the Countess von Arnim..seemed to me devilish clever, with a sly rib-digging quality not unworthy of Jane Austen.

1989 J. Nardin He knew she was Right ii. 39 The narrator's tone is..consistently misogynistic..and there is a lot of rib-digging, antifeminist humor.

1993 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Oct. (Features section) 22 Prescott called up nods, winks, rib-diggings, shrugs and Gallic spreadings of the arms.

单词	rib-digging
释义	> as lemmas rib-digging rib-digging n. and adj. (a) n. the action or an act of digging (a person, animal, etc.) in the ribs; (b) adj. (chiefly figurative) joking, conspiratorial, or mischievously insinuating. ΚΠ 1868 Liverpool Mercury 8 Dec. This process [sc. judging cattle] involved much rib-digging, flesh-grinding, girth-measuring [etc.]. 1925 H. J. Laski Let. 28 Apr. in Holmes-Laski Lett. (1953) I. 737 Love by the Countess von Arnim..seemed to me devilish clever, with a sly rib-digging quality not unworthy of Jane Austen. 1989 J. Nardin He knew she was Right ii. 39 The narrator's tone is..consistently misogynistic..and there is a lot of rib-digging, antifeminist humor. 1993 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Oct. (Features section) 22 Prescott called up nods, winks, rib-diggings, shrugs and Gallic spreadings of the arms. extracted from ribn.¹ < as lemmas
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