| 释义 |
kiaugh, kauch Sc.|kjɑx, kɑx|
In other Sc. dialects caigh, keach, keagh |kex|.
[Origin obscure.]
Trouble, worry.
1786Burns Cotter's Sat. Nt. iii, His clean hearth-stane, his thrifty wifie's smile, The lisping infant, prattling on his knee, Does a' his weary kiaugh and care [ed. 1787 carking cares] beguile. 1794Poems, Eng. Scotch & Latin 97 (Jam.) Your caigh and care ahint you fling. 1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. s.v., To be in a kauch, to be in an extreme flutter, not knowing which way to turn; over head and ears in business. 1825–80Jamieson, Keach, Keagh, uneasiness of mind,..bustle, anxious exertion. Dumfr[ies]. 1881L. B. Walford in Gd. Words 402/1 Me in a kauch of work, an' Meg kirnin', an' a' the hooss wrang side up maist. |