| 单词 | to track square |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto track square c. Australian. To keep company with (a person of the opposite sex, esp. a woman); to track square (see quot. 1919). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > court or woo [verb (transitive)] > keep company with as a lover to go with ——c1330 to go rounda1867 trot1888 to go around1904 track1916 1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) 51 I swear I'll never track wiv 'er no more. 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 50 Track square, to pursue an amorous enterprise with honorable intentions. 1926 K. S. Prichard Working Bullocks 47 Combo's what they call a man tracks round with a gin in the nor'-west. 1933 N. Lindsay Saturdee 239 Who are you trackin' with now? 1949 A. Marshall How Beautiful are thy Feet 64 He wants me to track square with him. To look at him you'd never think he could talk seriously. 1954 T. A. G. Hungerford Sowers of Wind 270 I bet it's that cross-eyed harlot he's been tracking with. 1964 G. Johnston My Brother Jack 161 He's been at me for years about how irresponsible I am, and the first time I come back with a girl I'm tracking square with, I get hoisted! < as lemmas |
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