| 释义 |
▪ I. loke dial.|ləʊk|
Also loak.
[repr. OE. loca enclosed place, also lock, f. root of louk v. to shut, lock.]
A lane, a short, narrow, blind lane, a ‘cul-de-sac’; a grass road; a private lane or road.
1787Marshall Norfolk (1795) II. 383 Gloss., Loke, a close narrow lane (common). a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Loke, a short narrow turn-again lane. 1860Gillett Sng. Sol. in Norf. Dial. iii. 2 In the lokes and causeys I'll seek him as my soul du love. 1865W. White E. Eng. I. 162 Loak means lane. 1892P. H. Emerson Son of Fens 5 We were playing down the loke, and we fell out.
attrib.1888N. & Q. Ser. vii. VI. 191/2 My house is bounded by a lokeway leading from ― to ―.
▪ II. loke
variant of lake n.1 Obs.
▪ III. loke
obs. form of lock, look n. and v. |