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单词 ha-ha
释义 ha-ha, n.2|ˈhɑːhɑː, formerly also hɑːˈhɑː|
Also haha, ha! ha!, ha-hah (8 ah, ah), 8–9 haw-haw.
[a. F. haha (17th c. in Hatz.-Darm.) ‘an obstacle interrupting one's way sharply and disagreeably, a ditch behind an opening in a wall at the bottom of an alley or walk’; according to French etymologists, from ha! exclamation of surprise.]
A boundary to a garden, pleasure-ground, or park, of such a kind as not to interrupt the view from within, and not to be seen till closely approached; consisting of a trench, the inner side of which is perpendicular and faced with stone, the outer sloping and turfed; a sunk fence.
1712J. James tr. Le Blond's Gardening 28 The End of this Terrass is terminated by..an Ah, Ah, with a dry Ditch at the Foot of it.Ibid. 77 Thorough-Views, call'd Ah, Ah,..are Openings..to the very Level of the Walks, with a large and deep Ditch at the Foot.., which surprizes..and makes one cry, Ah! Ah! from whence it takes its Name.1724in Amherst Gardening (1895) 234 The walks are terminated by Ha-hah's, over which you see [etc.].1749Lady Luxborough Lett. to Shenstone 4 June, The Ha! Ha! is digging.1803H. Repton Landscape Gardening 86 The sunk fence or ha! ha! in some places answers the purpose.1852R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour liii. 300 [The hound] ran a black cart-colt, and made him leap the haw-haw.1880Q. Rev. Apr. 336 The constant use of Ha⁓has (or sunk-fences).
b. transf. and fig.
1773Mason Ep. to Sir W. Chambers, Leap each ha-ha of truth and common sense.1858H. Miller Rambles Geol. Wks. (1869) 303 These ravines..are ha-has of Nature's digging.
c. attrib., as ha-ha ditch, ha-ha fence, ha-ha wall.
1769De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. I. 325 Throwing down the Walls of the Garden, and making, instead of them, Haw-haw Walls.1774T. Hutchinson Diary 17 Sept., A ha-ha fence at the bottom of the garden.1849Ann. Reg. 106 The Ha-ha ditch in Kensington Gardens.
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