释义 |
▪ I. polk, v.|pəʊlk| [ad. F. polker (Littré), f. polka polka n.1] intr. To dance the polka. Hence ˈpolking vbl. n.
1845M. J. Higgins Ess. (1875) 219 He waltzes smoothly, and gallops rapidly, and polks intricately. 1848E. Gray Let. in M. Lutyens Ruskins & Grays (1972) x. 95, I got introduced to good partners and got some good polking. 1852Fraser's Mag. XLVI. 704 He..waltzed and polked with their daughters. 1853J. R. Planché Mr. Buckstone's Ascent of Mount Parnassus 30 Each night to some Casino..Where I am pulled by fast young men about And with eternal polking quite worn out. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. ii. xi, I shall not waltz or polk with any one. ▪ II. polk obs. Sc. spelling of poke; var. pulk1, pulk2. ▪ III. polk, -e obs. and dial. var. pulk, pool. |