单词 | abob |
释义 | abobadj. In predicative use or as postmodifier. 1. Bobbing; afloat. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > bobbing bobbing1681 dancing1697 subsaltatory1831 bobbling1892 abob1908 1908 E. A. Travis Cobbler 272 Ruth, a gleeful fugitive, was scrambling up the step into his room, all her curls abob with mischief, her dark eyes agleam. 1923 W. de la Mare Riddle 184 Their Egyptian cotton must have been abob on the Mediterranean, when Lancashire..was a verdant solitude. 2004 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 22 Jan. 13 p I've tried it twice and find little reason to love this strong-smelling piece of meat abob in a greasy, grayish broth. 2. Replete with things that bob or float. ΚΠ 1911 C. Mackenzie Passionate Elopement xxiii. 203 Casements abob with peering rosebuds. 1984 People 16 July 130/1 (caption) A whirlpool abob with rubber practice balls. 1997 A. Lovejoy Cascadia 61 Delicate, dancing epimediums are abob with flowers balancing like birds on a wire above elegant leaves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † abobv. Obsolete. rare. 1. transitive. To astonish, confound, mystify. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)] abobc1330 confusec1350 confoundc1374 cumbera1375 passc1384 maskerc1400 mopc1425 enose1430 manga1450 overmusec1460 perplex1477 maze1482 enmuse1502 ruffle?a1505 unsteady1532 entangle1540 duddle1548 intricate1548 distraught1579 distract1582 mizzle1583 moider1587 amuse1595 mist1598 bepuzzle1599 gravel1601 plunder1601 puzzle1603 intrigue1612 vexa1613 metagrobolize?a1616 befumea1618 fuddle1617 crucify1621 bumfiddlea1625 implicate1625 giddify1628 wilder1642 buzzlea1644 empuzzle1646 dunce1649 addle1652 meander1652 emberlucock1653 flounder1654 study1654 disorient1655 embarrass?1656 essome1660 embrangle1664 jumble1668 dunt1672 muse1673 clutter1685 emblustricate1693 fluster1720 disorientate1728 obfuscate1729 fickle1736 flustrate1797 unharmonize1797 mystify1806 maffle1811 boggle1835 unballast1836 stomber1841 throw1844 serpentine1850 unbalance1856 tickle1865 fog1872 bumfuzzle1878 wander1897 to put off1909 defeat1914 dither1919 befuddle1926 ungear1931 to screw up1941 c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 1959 (MED) Þe messangers were abobbed þo, Þai nisten, what þai miȝten do. 2. transitive. = to play abobbed with at abobbed n. ΚΠ a1450 (a1400) Medit. Life & Passion of Christ (BL Add.) (1921) l. 1512 (MED) Þey hidon his face And a-bobbedon þe kyng of grace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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