| 单词 | to sprain one's ankle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sprain one's ankle 2. to sprain one's ankle: (of a woman) to be seduced (and become pregnant); to lose one's virginity. euphemistic. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > fall from chastity (of woman) [verb (intransitive)] to tread (her) shoe awry (rarely amiss)c1422 to go wrong?1507 falla1616 to tread one's shoe awry (the shoe, one's foot, amiss, etc.)1642 to take a stone (up) in the ear1691 to sprain one's ankle1785 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Ankle A girl who is got with child, is said to have sprained her ankle. 1940 M. Sadleir Fanny by Gaslight i. 286 ‘I suppose you are still—still a ——.’.. ‘I suppose you mean, have I sprained my ankle yet?’ < as lemmas |
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