| 单词 | apple-pie bed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasapple-pie bed apple-pie bed n. a bed which, as a practical joke, has been made with one of the sheets folded back on itself, so it is impossible for a person to get into it. [The suggestion that the expression shows a folk-etymological alteration of French nappes pliées ‘folded linen’, ‘folded layers’ is unnecessary to explain the use in English, and apparently overlooks the fact that French nappe ordinarily denotes a tablecloth but not a bed-sheet.] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > a trick, prank, hoax > of a particular kind grubbing1679 apple-pie bed1781 booby trap1846 turnip-ghost1863 whoopee cushion1931 hot foot1934 water bomb1947 Chinese fire drill1980 1781 J. Woodforde Diary (1924) I. 302 Had but an indifferent night of Sleep, Mrs. Davie and Nancy made me up an Apple Pye Bed last night. 1850 R. Reece Whittington, Junior, & Sensation Cat ii. 21 She spoilt our rest by making apple-pie beds. 1889 Standard 3 Aug. 5/2 The servants who, to begin with, thought nothing more amusing than the young gentleman's apple-pie beds and booby-traps, have reached the verge of mutiny. 1917 A. Waugh Loom of Youth iv. vii. 308 His dormitory made him apple-pie beds. 2005 South Wales Evening Post (Nexis) 19 Sept. 6 Her Welsh accent was mocked, her personal possessions would disappear and she would often face an ‘apple pie’ bed. < as lemmas |
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