单词 | rip van winkledom |
释义 | Rip Van Winkledomn. rare. The world of Rip Van Winkle, spec. the Catskill Mountains in New York State (the site of Rip Van Winkle's sleep); (also) a state of prolonged sleep. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > action, fact, or state of sleeping or falling asleep > other spec. oversleeping1852 Rip Van Winkledom1892 sleep-in1977 couch surfing1994 1892 Outing Apr. 48 (title) A cyclist's visit to Rip Van Winkledom. 1914 Overland Monthly Feb. 128/2 Suddenly out of Rip Van Winkledom, I saw half a dozen modern Tlascalans sitting at the gateway. 1956 M. Lowry Let. 13 Nov. (1967) 391 She..has also for the latter part of this time been mostly asleep... She emerged from this Ripvanwinkledom, feeling and sounding better than she has in ten years. 1992 F. Burroughs River Home iii. 96 I paddled past lawns and houses that looked like upscale Potemkin villages to me, and I no doubt represented a sort of Rip Van Winkledom to them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892 |
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