| 单词 | to flutter the ribbands of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto flutter the ribbands of (a coach) a. To cause to flutter; to move (a thing) in quick irregular motions; to agitate, ruffle. Also †to flutter (a thing) into rags, to pieces, etc., to flutter out: to wear out by ‘fluttering’. to flutter the ribbands of (a coach) (slang): to drive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] > cause to flutter or flicker waverc1425 wear?a1505 flutter1621 flitter1864 wink1883 flicker1903 zither1930 1621 G. Markham Hungers Preuention 32 If they [wild fowl] be flutterd or fleikt into any Riuer. 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. at Floane The gust hath fluttred all the saile to peeces. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 933 All unawares Fluttring his pennons vain. View more context for this quotation 1746 J. Hervey Refl. Flower-garden 122 in Medit. among Tombs The gay Butterfly flutters her painted Wings. 1771 Hist. Sir William Harrington I. xxv. 216 I have already fluttered out all the cloaths I made up for first mourning, and must buy more. 1845 E. A. Poe Raven in Poet. Wks. (1859) 48 Not a feather then he fluttered. 1864 Eton School Days i. 11 I used to flutter the ribbands of the London Croydon and South Coast coach. 1893 J. H. McCarthy Red Diamonds II. 20 Shining spaces of water fluttered by the passing oar. < as lemmas |
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