| 单词 | tick and toy |
| 释义 | > as lemmastick and toy a. intransitive. To touch or tap a thing or person lightly; esp. to bestow light touches or pats by way of caressing; to dally; esp. in tick and toy; figurative to trifle. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > caress or make a show of affection [verb (intransitive)] > bestow light touches by way of caressing tick1546 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > strike with specific degree of force [verb (intransitive)] > lightly tapc1425 strike1488 tick1546 pat1601 dib1869 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. i. sig. Fiiiv Their ticking might haue tought, Any yong couple, their loue ticks to haue wrought. 1550 H. Latimer Moste Faithfull Serm. before Kynges Maiestye sig. Bv Stand not tyckynge and toyinge at the braunches..but stryke at the roote. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 308 His sons began to play his pranks, and to be ticking and toying with the daughters of their Lord. View more context for this quotation 1684 J. Bunyan Advice to Sufferers in Wks. (1853) II. 738 Though they may but tick and toy with thee at first, their sword may reach thy heart-blood at last. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Tick, v. to toy. Indeed the two are often used together;..two fond sweethearts are sometimes seen ‘ticking and toying’. < as lemmas |
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