| 释义 |
orming, a. dial.|ˈɔːmɪŋ|
[The same word as hawm v.]
Ungainly and clumsy in movement, tall and awkward; (quot. 1913) (standing about) gawping and staring.
E.D.D. Hawm v.1 cites from ‘Sc., Yks., Chs., Der., Not., and Lin.’.
1903Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 359/2 Orming, ppl. adj...Notts. Tall and awkward. 1913D. H. Lawrence Love Poems 52 Niver a baby had eyes As sulky an' ormin' as thine. 1922― England, my England 261 Mrs. Goodall..fairly hated the sound of correct English. She thee'd and tha'd her prospective daughter-in-law, and said: ‘I'm none as ormin’ as I look, seest ta.’ Fanny did not think her prospective mother-in-law looked at all orming. |