| 单词 | to clack a whip |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto clack (more commonly to crack) a whip a. intransitive. To make a sound intermediate between a clap and a crack, as a hard substance, such as a piece of wood, does in striking a hard surface. to clack (more commonly to crack) a whip. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [verb (intransitive)] > knack or clack clack1530 knack1603 clapper1845 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 485/1 The myll gothe, for I here the clacke clacke..car je os le clacquet clacquer or clacqueter. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Aii/2 To Clacke, clangitare. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Claquer, to clacke, to clap, to clatter. 1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) at Capriole He [sc. a horse] Clacks or makes a Noise with them [sc. hind-legs]. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) viii. 67 Whip clacking on the shoulders. 1875 W. D. Howells Foregone Concl. 60 A woman clacking across the flags in her wooden heeled shoes. < as lemmas |
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