单词 | whipping-top |
释义 | > as lemmaswhipping-top whipping-top n. a top spun by whipping; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > top > [noun] > whipping-top gig1570 scourge-top1627 whip-gig1782 whip-top1801 whipping-top1809 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. i. 20 I am born to be the mere whipping-top of fortune. 1885 T. Mozley Reminisc. Towns (ed. 2) II. 249 A boy's whipping-top. < as lemmas |
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