单词 | dub-a-dub |
释义 | dub-a-dubn. 1. The sound made in beating a drum: used, a. adverbial, or without construction, as a simple representation of the sound. ΚΠ a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. vii. sig. G.iiij Now sainct George to borow, Drum dubbe a dubbe afore. 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. E.iiii When drums are dumb, and sound not dub a dub. b. as n., to name the sound, or the drummer who makes it; and ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of drums tuck of druma1500 dubc1572 dub-a-dub1582 tucking1632 drumming1663 beat1672 vellum thunder1716 rattan1764 hub a dub1777 drum1810 drum beat1817 tom-tomming1833 bum-bum1844 rataplan1846 tom-tom1863 tattooing1871 tumming1882 tan-tan1893 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil Descr. Liparen in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 95 Lowd dub a dub tabering with frapping rip rap of Ætna. a1592 R. Greene Comicall Hist. Alphonsus (1599) iv. sig. G2v Hark how their drummes with dub a dub do come. 1608 J. Day Humour out of Breath sig. H2 These drumming dub adubs loues pleasure feares. 1878 R. L. Stevenson Inland Voy. 86 Each dub-a-dub goes direct to a man's heart. c. as adj. to characterize it. ΚΠ 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. xviii. 81 The Dub-o-dub Rattling of the Drums. 2. Applied, by confusion, to the accolade given in conferring knighthood. ΚΠ 1612 N. Field Woman a Weather-cocke i. sig. Cv The Dubadub of Honor, piping hot, Doth lye vpon my Worships shoulder blade. Derivatives dub-a-dub v. = dub v.2 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > beating drum > beat drum [verb (intransitive)] tabor1377 taborna1400 nakerc1425 drum1597 dub-a-dub1598 to beat a drum1621 rub-a-dub1837 beat1841 to beat a tattoo1841 tom-tom1860 rataplan1863 tambourin1884 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Tambussare..to dub a dub, to drum. 1851 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 573 Trumpets and drums, blown and dub-a dubbed by fellows that..I would not trust [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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