单词 | rope swing |
释义 | > as lemmasrope swing rope swing n. a swing made using (a single length of) rope; (now esp.) one made by attaching one end of a rope to a tree branch, etc., and tying a large knot in the other end to sit or stand on. ΚΠ 1800 Vieth's Pleasing Preceptor I. xxxi. 156 Our common rope swing is universally known in Russia. 1909 D. C. Beard Boy Pioneers 126 Every boy knows how to make a rope swing by tying a rope to an out-stretching limb and putting a board seat at the bottom loop. 1960 A. H. Lewis Worlds of Chippy Patterson vi. 36 We used to climb the tree, sit on the knot, jump out, swing over the water, then drop off... We were taking turns on the rope swing. 2004 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 3 Mar. (Features section) 18 Then came the rope swing. Sgt Turner urged me to keep my legs up and sit on the knot. < as lemmas |
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