| 释义 |
ˈcherry-pit
1. A children's game which consists in throwing cherry-stones into a small pit or hole; originally the hole itself.
1522World & Child in Hazl. Dodsl. I. 246, I can play at the cherry-pit. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. iii. iv. 129 Tis not for grauity to play at cherrie-pit with sathan. 1632Randolph Jealous Lovers ii. iii, Your cheeks were sunk So low and hollow, they might serve the boys For cherripits. 1658Ford Witch of Edmonton iii. i, I have lov'd a witch ever since I played at cherrypit.
2. U.S. dial. A cherry-stone. |