| 单词 | run, sheep, run |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrun, sheep, run run, sheep, run n. (also run, sheepy, run) originally U.S. a children's game in which a group of players who have hidden then race simultaneously to a designated point when a signal is given (typically the shouting of ‘Run, sheep, run!’). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > hiding or chasing game > [noun] > other hiding games hy-spy1777 run, sheep, run1881 1881 Amer. Agriculturist Sept. 368/2 The little girl and her companions played ball and ‘Run, sheep, run’. 1899 Logansport (Indiana) Pharos 11 July Edward Sheehan.., with other small boys, was playing ‘run sheepy, run’, when with outstretched arms he ran into a telegraph pole. 1949 M. Mead Male & Female 456 I set myself to study changing patterns of run, sheepy, run or prisoner's base. 1969 I. Opie & P. Opie Children's Games iv. 173 ‘Run, Sheepie, Run’ (Cumnock [in Scotland]). 1999 J. McKenzie Pauline Jewett i. 10 If you were good at games such as ‘run sheep run’ and baseball, people called you a tomboy. < as lemmas |
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