| 单词 | canterbury trick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCanterbury trick 1. In phrases referring either (a) to the pilgrims, as Canterbury bells; (b) to the tales told on the way (or Chaucer's work so called), as Canterbury tale or story, in later times often taken as a long tedious story, a ‘friar's tale’, a fable, a cock-and-bull story; (c) or applied by the Puritans to the hierarchical position of Canterbury, as Canterbury trick. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > of an exaggerated kind a tale (also gest, song, etc.) of Robin Hoodc1400 tale of a tub1532 Canterbury tale or story?a1550 romanza1622 romance1638 onea1642 Robin Hood tale1653 cock-and-bull story1670 stretcher1674 whid1794 fish-story1819 snake story1826 screamer1831 twister1834 ráiméis1835 Munchausen1840 skyscraper1840 Munchausenism1848 cock1851 snake yarn1891 furphy1916 fanny1930 the old ackamarackus1933 windy1933 c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. (title) Here bygynneth the Book of the tales of Caunterbury.] ?a1550 in C. Wordsworth Eccl. Biog. (1818) I. 168 Pilgrimes..with the noise of their piping, and with the sound of their singing, and the jangling of their Canturburie bels. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 260 A verie olde womans fable, or Cantorburie tale. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 422 A lewd lying counterfeter of more then Caunterburie tales. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. F2v Whosoeuer Samela descanted of that loue, tolde you a Canterbury tale. 1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Hay any Worke for Cooper 1 There is a canterbury trick once to patch up an acusation with a lye or two. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cant. 97 Since that time Canterbury-Tales are parallel to Fabulæ Milesiæ, which are Charactered, Nec veræ, nec verisimiles. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 132. ⁋10 One [Story] of a Quarter of an Hour long..gathers Circumstances every Time he tells it, till it grows into a long Canterbury Tale of two Hours. 1737 in Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. IX. 414/2 [He] would begin a long Canterbury Story of a duel he had fought. 1763 G. Colman Deuce is in Him ii. 31 What! to come here with a Canterbury tale of a leg and an eye, and Heaven knows what! < as lemmas |
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