| 释义 |
‖ opsit, v. S. Afr.|ˈɒpsɪt|
[f. Du. opzitten to sit up.]
(See quot. 1955.)
1887Rider Haggard Jess viii. 72 How often do you ‘opsit’ (sit up at night) with Uncle Croft's pretty girl, eh? 1899― Swallow i. 6 After we had ‘opsited’ together several times according to our customs, and burnt many very long candles, we were married. 1900H. A. Bryden From Veldt Camp Fires 195 Tobias meant to make a bit of a splash today,..although he was not prepared for the solemnity of an ‘opsitting’ (that all-night form of courtship, dear to the heart of the Boer). 1913C. Pettman Africanderisms 351 Opsit.., in Cape Dutch this word is descriptive of the peculiar method of courting which in earlier days was in vogue among the Dutch farming population. 1939S. Cloete Watch for Dawn 377 Why, if you wanted to court her, could you not opsit like a Burger in the sit-Kamer with a candle between you? 1955W. Robertson Blue Wagon xix. 181 ‘In my young days I had to opsit for weeks.’ He referred to the Boer custom of two young people sitting up by the light of a candle after the elders had gone to bed. When the candle burned out it was time for the young man to go, and if the girl did not favour him she would produce a candle-end instead of a long one as a hint she preferred his going to his company. |