| 单词 | spindlelegs |
| 释义 | spindlelegs in British English (ˈspɪndəlˌlɛɡz) or spindleshanks (ˈspɪndəlˌʃæŋks) plural noun 1. long thin legs 2. (functioning as singular) a person who has long thin legs spindlelegs in American English (ˈspɪndəlˌlɛgz) plural noun 1. thin legs noun 2. Informal a person with thin legs spindlelegs in American English (ˈspɪndlˌleɡz) nounWord forms: plural (for 2) -legs 1. (used with a plural v.) long, thin legs 2. (used with a sing v.) informal a tall, thin person with such legs Derived forms spindle-legged (ˈspɪndlˌleɡɪd, -ˌleɡd) adjective Word origin [1640–50; spindle + leg + -s3]This word is first recorded in the period 1640–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: elevator, intrigue, liaison, selection, tonic-s an ending marking nouns as plural (boys; wolves), occurring also on nouns that have no singular (dregs; entrails; pants; scissors), or on nouns that have a singular with a different meaning (clothes; glasses; manners; thanks). The pluralizing value of -s is weakened or lost in a number of nouns that now often take singular agreement,as the names of games (billiards; checkers; tiddlywinks) and of diseases (measles; mumps; pox; rickets); the latter use has been extended to create informal names for a variety of involuntaryconditions, physical or mental (collywobbles; giggles; hots; willies). A parallel set of formations, where -s has no plural value, are adjectives denoting socially unacceptable or inconvenientstates (bananas; bonkers; crackers; nuts; preggers; starkers) |
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