| 单词 | water-funk |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater-funk water-funk n. British colloquial (now dated) a person who is afraid to go into the water, or reluctant to wash; cf. funk n.4 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > fear of particular things > [noun] > fear of water or the sea > one who has water-funk1893 1893 Academy 5 Aug. 105/3 A sensible lad, who is not a ‘water-funk’—to use the expressive term of the period—..ought to swim in six or seven lessons. 1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. iii. 89 You spoke to Beetle yourself, didn't you? Something about not bathing, and being a water-funk? 1914 ‘I. Hay’ Lighter Side School Life (1915) viii. 210 The water-funk who ultimately schools himself into a brilliant high-diver. 1963 D. Young Try Anything Twice i. 20 Are ‘water-funks’ who fear the swimming-bath still derided? < as lemmas |
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