| 释义 |
stram, v. U.S. colloq. and dial. (now Obs. or rare).|stræm|
[Perh. suggested by words like stroll, tramp.]
intr. To stretch out the limbs; to walk in a flourishing manner.
1792F. Burney Jrnl. 27 June in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 209 He bowed without looking at her, & she strammed away, still, however, keeping in sight. a1852F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) xxv. 306 She..strammed right across the room and sot down. 1866W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire 184 Stram, v.n. to walk with a rude, noisy step. 1869Mrs. Stowe Oldtown Folks xliii. (1870) 489 Well, Sam,..take an old woman's advice, and don't go stramming off another afternoon. 1890Dialect Notes I. 19 Stram, flourish the limbs. It is used in two ways: (1) ‘to go stramming along the street’, ‘to stram about the room’, that is, stride with ado and bustle; and (2) ‘to stram about in bed’ = flounder, kick about. 1927Amer. Speech III. 138 A young child crying and displaying temper was said to ‘kick and stram’. This word stram means in older English ‘to recoil with violence and noise’, which gives a vivid picture of a child in a tantrum.
Hence as n., a long, hard walk; also ˈstramming ppl. a.
1869Mrs. Stowe Oldtown Folks xliii. (1870) 483 Do you think she ever could have made me a great stramming, threshing, scrubbing, floor-cleaning machine, like herself? Ibid. xlv. 511, I hed sech a stram this mornin', 'n hain't hed nothin' but a two-cent roll. |