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单词 frog-marching
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frog-marchingn.

Brit. /ˈfrɒɡmɑːtʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfrɔɡˌmɑrtʃɪŋ/, /ˈfrɑɡˌmɑrtʃɪŋ/
Forms:

α. 1800s– frog's marching.

β. 1800s– frog marching.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: frog-march v., -ing suffix1; frog-march n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: Probably partly < frog-march v. + -ing suffix1, and partly < frog-march n. + -ing suffix1.
The action of subjecting or fact of being subjected to a frog-march; an instance of this.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pushing > a person with his arms pinned together
frog-marching1884
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Dec. 2/2 I wish to endorse what appeared in your issue of yesterday as to the barbarity of ‘frog's marching’.
1887 Punch 29 Oct. 201/2 (stage direct.) The Person resists; struggle; arrival of reinforcements; exit party, in ‘frog's-marching’ order.
1929 Times 28 Aug. 7/7Frog-marching’ and carrying patients head downwards were against the rules of the hospital, as was any form of ill-treatment of patients.
1983 Guardian (Nexis) 27 Mar. (Comment) 10 The airport where he was bundled onto the plane was Heathrow, and the officials who did the frogmarching were British.
1989 Independent (Nexis) 31 Mar. (Home News section) 2 Mr Steven said afterwards the real issue was not the minor traffic offence but the frogmarching. He has lodged a complaint against the police.
2003 S. Fallon Budapest (ed. 2) 54/1 Scams involving..a frog-marching to the nearest ATM by gorillas in residence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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