单词 | clish-clash |
释义 | clish-clashn. 1. The reciprocal or alternate clash of weapons, hence to go clish-clash. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > [noun] > of impact or concussion > crash, clash, or smash > clash of weapons fraying1489 clish-clash1597 clasha1626 1597 N. Breton Miseries Mavillia ii The Speares flew in pieces, then went the Swordes ‘clish clash’. 1610 W. Baldwin et al. Variable Fortune Princes (rev. ed.) in J. Higgins et al. Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) 481 (R.) The drums went downe—dun downe, the fluits fit fite, fit fite, The weapons clish-clash. 1872 H. W. Beecher in Christian World Pulpit 2 343 Everything goes clish-clash, clish-clash. We are tossed about in the world like a skiff on the waves of the sea. 1941 M. Treadgold We couldn't leave Dinah vii. 121 The clish-clash of aluminium that resounded from the one basket. 2. Scottish. Idle gossip, scandal. Also attributive. ΚΠ 1807 R. Tannahill Soldier's Return 105 Sic clish-clash cracks. 1808–79 in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1597 |
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