| 单词 | grandmother's footsteps |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrandmother's footsteps grandmother's footsteps n. (also grandmother's steps) chiefly British a children’s game in which one player turns round often and without warning with the aim of catching the other players stealthily creeping up to touch him or her on the back. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > Grandmother's Footsteps grandmother's footsteps1937 red light1945 1937 ‘N. Blake’ There's Trouble Brewing i. 30 The children's game called ‘Grandmother's Steps’. 1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited 122 She took hold of her subject in a feminine, flirtatious way... She played ‘grandmother's steps’ with it, getting nearer the real point imperceptibly while one's back was turned, standing rooted when she was observed. 1956 L. McIntosh Oxf. Folly 204 We were playing grandmother's footsteps. 2012 Independent 13 Sept. 50/4 They are allowed 10 minutes to play outside on the grass. Independent of any helpers, they organise a game of grandmother's footsteps. < as lemmas |
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