单词 | cheese-rolling |
释义 | > as lemmascheese-rolling cheese-rolling n. ΚΠ 1903 Genealogical Mag. May 14 Cheese-rolling is one of the most peculiar Whitsuntide customs we have, and is observed at Birdlip, near Cheltenham. 1997 T. Pynchon Mason & Dixon 167 'Twas at the annual cheese-rolling at the parish church in Randwick. 2009 J. Struthers Red Sky at Night 136 Cheese-rolling is a sport, since it involves rolling one large circular cheese down an extremely steep hillside, with lots of people chasing it down the precipitous slope and trying to catch it. < as lemmas |
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