| 释义 |
Pooh-sticks, pooh-sticks|ˈpuːstɪks|
[f. the name of Winnie-the-Pooh, a character created by A. A. Milne + stick n.1]
A game in which sticks are thrown over one side of a bridge into a stream and the first to emerge on the other side wins.
1928A. A. Milne House at Pooh Corner vi. 94 And that was the beginning of the game called Poohsticks, which Pooh invented, and which he and his friends used to play on the edge of the Forest. But they played with sticks instead of fir-cones, because they were easier to mark. 1972Times 16 May 10/4 He spends most of his time playing pooh-sticks. 1974C. Milne Enchanted Places i. 15 The bridge where they had played Pooh-sticks was a real bridge, looking just like the drawing in the book. Ibid. viii. 58 We used to stand on Pooh-sticks Bridge throwing sticks into the water and watching them float away..until they re-emerged on the other side. 1979Guardian 16 May 1/1 The horde of visitors who..chuck[ed] a twig or two into the sun-dappled stream in honour of the bear of very little brain who invented Poohsticks. |