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单词 cross-hackle
释义

cross-hacklev.

Etymology: < cross- comb. form 1c(a) + hackle v.2Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcross-ˈhackle.
transitive. To cross-question vexatiously or persistently: cf. hackle v.2 2.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > question, interrogate [verb (transitive)] > cross-examine
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cross-question1760
targea1796
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cross-hackle1826
1826 J. Banim & M. Banim Tales by O'Hara Family 2nd Ser. II. 278 We can cross-hackle her on the head of it.

Derivatives

ˈcross-ˈhackling n.
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1869 P. Fitzgerald Fatal Zero II. vii. 67 The good-humoured way in which I have borne all this cross-hackling.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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