单词 | tarantula dancer |
释义 | > as lemmastarantula dancer C1. attributive and in other combinations, as tarantula bite, tarantula dance, tarantula dancer, tarantula spider, tarantula sting, etc.; tarantula-stung adj. ΚΠ 1647 J. Harington Let. in Nugæ Antiquæ (1769) I. 155 We grasp but airy blisses, and thus, tarantula-stung, dye midst laughing fits. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 215/2 The Tarantula Spider..of Apulia..hath only six legs, and a stretched out tail. 1835 B. G. Babington tr. J. F. C. Hecker Epidemics Middle Ages ii. 82 The excitement which the Tarantula dancers felt at the sight of anything with metallic lustre. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 12 Aug. 10/1 In Orsuna [Spain]..there is a ‘Guild of Tarantula-players’..who earn considerable fees by sending round their members to heal the sufferers from the tarantula bite. < as lemmas |
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