单词 | bone-shaking |
释义 | > as lemmasbone-shaking bone-shaking adj. that shakes a person violently; extremely rough or painful; spec. (of a vehicle, etc.) that provides an uncomfortably rough, jarring, or bumpy ride; cf. boneshaker n. ΚΠ 1829 Standard 11 July He..[was] wielder of the sledge-hammer—until..tired of this bone-shaking exercise. 1853 Express 10 June 1/2 In the omnibuses also, Nong-chong and Chi-yan-too..may have been seen..apparently enjoying their ride, as if they were well used to that bone-shaking mode of conveyance. 1973 V. C. Ike Potter's Wheel (1974) xxv. 202 He was thirsty after the sixty-mile ride on Mazi Laza's bone-shaking Eagle bicycle. 2000 A. Rashid Taliban (2001) 18 A bone-shaking two-day camel ride to Quetta. 2011 T. Virgo Spirit-filled Church vii. 67 We endured American football on television... Men crunched one another with bone-shaking tackles. < as lemmas |
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