单词 | gambolling |
释义 | gambollinggambolingn. The action of gambol v. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > capering jetting1440 gambolling1525 frisking1572 capering1598 scampering1691 caprioling1821 caracoling1837 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > leap > leaping or prancing gambolling1525 curvetting1584 career1587 pranker1628 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cv. [ci.] 307 He..spurred his horse, so that by gambaldyng of the horse the impostume brake in his body. a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 70 With gambaudynge thryftlesse, With spende and waste witlesse. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie ix. 53 Not to fall to Gambolding at our owne pleasure and fansie, but to followe the way quietly which he sheweth vs. 1637 J. Shirley Lady of Pleasure ii. sig. C4 If this doe not Allay her gamboling, shees's past a woman And onely a miracle must tame her. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iii. i. 35 Now to'wrds good Symon's House, I'll bend my Way, And see what makes yon Gamboling to Day. 1746 Exmoor Courtship 30 Hare's net as zome Giglets..be, oll vor Gamboyling, Rumping, Steehopping, Ragrouting, and Gigletting. 1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth I. 341 How great is the interval between gambolling and gambling. 1884 St. James's Gaz. 26 Sept. 6/1 The brutal gambolling and the obscene language of young roughs. 1906 Outing Jan. 429 The gamboling of lambs, the play of kittens. 1956 P. O'Brian Golden Ocean vii. 115 There you will find less to tempt you to untimely gambolling. 2001 S. Walton Out of It (2002) ii. 48 The first stage is the innocent gambolling of the goat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gambollinggambolingadj. That gambols. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [adjective] > capering startlingc1405 gambolling1538 frisking1566 capering1595 caper-cuttinga1640 caracoling1837 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [adjective] > leaping or prancing gambolling1538 curvetting1598 caprioling1628 leaping1667 jauncing1792 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Excussores equi, gambaldynge horses. 1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Ciiv O yes, is there any man or woman that hath lost, A gambolling gelding with a graye tayle. 1699 R. L'Estrange Fables Moralized ccxxxiv. 217 A Parcel of Gambolling Young Fellows were together trying Feats of Activity. 1769 D'Alenzon tr. ‘Hoamchi-Vam’ Bonze I. 38 The sharp-eyed eagle, that from his airy height shoots down unexpected on the gamboling kid. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Sea-fairies in Poems 150 Down shower the gambolling waterfalls From wandering over the lea. 1892 E. R. B. Lytton Somnium Belluinum in Marah 179 In a merrily gambolling company pass'd The lithe Leopards..and Lynxes. 1953 A. Russell Murray Walkabout 103 Hardly had we settled down in camp when we had a visit from a company of gambolling white-browed babblers. 2004 D. Lodge Author, Author ii. i. 52 He extended an arm to take in the undulant expanse of green grass and..the walkers and their gambolling dogs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1525adj.1538 |
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