单词 | stram |
释义 | stramv. U.S. colloquial and dialect (now Obsolete or rare). intransitive. To stretch out the limbs; to walk in a flourishing manner. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > flourishingly stram1792 the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch oneself or be stretched [verb (intransitive)] > specific part of body astretchc1000 reachOE stretcha1375 to make a long neck1490 stram1792 crane1799 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > for exercise or recreation > hike or ramble ramble1711 hike1867 stram1869 1792 F. Burney Jrnl. 27 June in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 209 He bowed without looking at her, & she strammed away, still, however, keeping in sight. a1852 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) xxv. 306 She..strammed right across the room and sot down. 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 184 Stram, v.n. to walk with a rude, noisy step. 1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks (1870) xliii. 489 Well, Sam,..take an old woman's advice, and don't go stramming off another afternoon. 1890 Dial. Notes 1 i. 19 Stram, flourish the limbs. It is used in two ways: (1) ‘to go stramming along the street’, ‘to stram about the room’, that is, stride with ado and bustle; and (2) ‘to stram about in bed’ = flounder, kick about. 1927 Amer. Speech 3 138 A young child crying and displaying temper was said to ‘kick and stram’. This word stram means in older English ‘to recoil with violence and noise’, which gives a vivid picture of a child in a tantrum. Derivatives stram n. a long, hard walk. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking laboriously or aimlessly > an act of march1692 tramp1787 trudge1835 trampoose1840 traipse1862 stram1869 ploda1879 foot-slog1900 1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks (1870) xlv. 511 I hed sech a stram this mornin', 'n hain't hed nothin' but a two-cent roll. ˈstramming adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [adjective] > going on foot > hiking or rambling tramping1863 stramming1869 1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks (1870) xliii. 483 Do you think she ever could have made me a great stramming, threshing, scrubbing, floor-cleaning machine, like herself? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.1792 |
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