| 单词 | counting-out rhyme |
| 释义 | > as lemmascounting-out rhyme 3. intransitive. In children's games, to count (the players) with the words of a rhyme, formula, etc., the last at each turn being reckoned out of the game or chosen for a particular rôle in the game (see quots.); also intransitive. Hence counting-out rhyme, counting-out song. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > [verb (transitive)] > count out players by formula to count out1842 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > light poem > [noun] > counting-out rhyme counting-out rhyme1900 1842 J. O. Halliwell Nursery Rhymes 123 Children stand round, and are counted out one by one by means of this rhyme. 1849 J. O. Halliwell Pop. Rhymes & Nursery Tales iii. 134 The operation of counting-out is a very important mystery in many puerile games. 1888 H. C. Bolton Counting-out Rhymes 2 The leader then counts out once more, and the child not set free by the magic word is declared to be ‘it’. 1900 E. V. Lucas & E. Lucas What shall we do Now? 99 To decide who is to begin a game there are various counting-out rhymes. All the players stand in a circle, surrounding the one who counts. At each pause in the rhyme..this one touches the players in turn until the end is reached. The player to whom the last number comes is to begin. 1919 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 32 377 Counting-out rhymes, or ‘Counts’, are said in connection with..‘Seek and Find’. 1923 R. Kipling Land & Sea Tales 279 (title) A counting-out song. 1956 W. H. Auden Making, Knowing & Judging 8 Unofficial poetry, such as counting-out rhymes, and official poetry such as the odes of Keats. < as lemmas |
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