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单词 knickety-knock
释义 knickety-knock|ˈnɪkɪtɪˈnɒk|
[Echoic: cf. knick-a-knock.]
An echoic word imitating an alternation of knocking sounds; hence adverbially: striking from side to side with alternation of sound.
1812H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr., Rebuilding, His head as he tumbled went knickety-knock Like a pebble in Carisbrook well.1825Chr. Wordsworth in Life (1888) 28 You know that the pebbles cry nickety-nock when they arrive at the bottom.
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