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单词 draggle-tailed
释义

draggle-tailedadj.

Forms:

α. see draggle v. and tailed adj.1

β. also Scottish 1800s draggled-taild.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: draggle v., tailed adj.1
Etymology: < draggle v. + tailed adj.1In β. forms with alteration of the first element after draggled adj. Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdraggle-tailed.
Having a tail or skirt that trails on the ground in mud and wet.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > muddy > dirty by trailing in mud
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1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 4 Everie draggle-tail'd Girl that comes to them.
1825 W. Scott Jrnl. 23 Nov. (1939) 10 A draggled-taild wench.
1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son I. 288 The draggletailed..cockatoo.
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