| 释义 |
slippering, vbl. n.
[f. slipper v.2 + -ing1.]
Beating with a slipper.
1851H. Melville Moby Dick I. iv. 41 Beseeching her as a particular favour to give me a good slippering for my misbehaviour. 1919H. Walpole Jeremy ii. 33 A slippering from his father or idiotic punishments from the Jampot. 1934M. V. Hughes London Child of Seventies iv. 35 A threatened ‘slippering’ of the boys by my father if they are too noisy. 1953J. Cary Except the Lord ix. 32 Beating was a punishment that could be graded from a random cuff.., through a hard smack, to a formal slippering. 1972Times 9 Oct. 13/5 Children..respected striking or slippering as common..in their schools. |