单词 | penk |
释义 | † penkv. Obsolete. intransitive. To palpitate; to throb or heave violently or rapidly.Apparently only in the works of Rudyard Kipling. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > move to and fro or up and down [verb (intransitive)] > rise and fall > violently or rapidly penk1890 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of heart > have disorder of heart [verb (intransitive)] > palpitate palpitate1623 penk1890 palp1903 1890 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads (1892) 27 Wot makes the soldier's 'eart to penk, wot makes 'im to perspire? 1898 R. Kipling Stalky in Land & Sea Tales (1923) 137 They bullocks drove like that—all heavin' an' penkin' an' hotted! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1890 |
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