| 单词 | to rouk and round |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto rouk and round intransitive. Perhaps: to crouch or huddle so as to speak quietly; cf. ruck v.1 Only in to rouk and round and variants: to talk privately or secretly (cf. round v.1). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > privately or familiarly to rouk and rounda1450 tête-à-tête1861 schmooze1884 pillow-talk1953 a1450 York Plays (1885) 36 (MED) Goo, iape þe, robard iangillande, Me liste noȝt nowe to rouk nor rowne. a1500 Thewis Gud Women (Cambr. Kk.1.5) l. 18 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 80 A woman suld..with na ȝonge men rouk [v.r. rowk] na roune. 1529 D. Lindsay Compl. 185 Roundand and rowkand, ane tyll vther. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1934) I. f. 45 Syne to the lordis to rouk and roun. c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 45 The Inglismen begouth to gif bakkis, and to rouk and round, sayand it was ane greit matter to brek the Scottis. < as lemmas |
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