| 释义 |
ping-wing, n. W. Indies (chiefly Jamaica).|ˈpɪŋwɪŋ|
Also pingwing.
[Popular alteration of pinguin n.]
A pinguin plant; also, a fence or thicket of pinguin.
1933C. McKay Banana Bottom xvii. 179 Around them growing natural fences, hibiscus red and white and pink, six-months, dagger palms, pingwings. 1954R. Mais Brother Man iv. 148 ‘Puss run through ping-wing, lef' him tail behind. What's dat?’..‘Needle an' thread, sewin' cloth,’ said Papacita. 1961F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk v. 97 Bush-fence..means a live or quick hedge, such as one of pinguin (pingwing macka), cactus, or the like. 1971C. McKay in D. G. Wilson New Ships 37 We rooted them out of the ping-wing path To stop the mad bees in the rabbit pen. |