| 释义 |
pedipulate, v. nonce-wd.|pɪˈdɪpjʊleɪt|
[f. L. pēs, pedi- foot, after manipulate.]
trans. To work with the feet. So pedipuˈlation, peˈdipulator.
1889Sat. Rev. 26 Jan. 92/2 Pedipulation, on the analogy of manipulation, clearly means doing something with the feet. 1892Longm. Mag. Dec. 208 My very first attempt to manipulate, or rather pedipulate those slippery engines [snow-shoes]. 1895Globe 19 Feb. 1/4 Who..ever saw a [Football] player of any note incapable of using both ‘pedipulators’. 1900O. Onions Compl. Bachelor xi. 158 Bassishaw must have been as busy in his pedipulations as an organist. |