单词 | roaring play |
释义 | > as lemmasroaring play roaring play n. now rare = roaring game n.In later use only after Burns (quot. 1786). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] curling1684 roaring play1786 quoiting1811 channelling1831 roaring game1844 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 103 The sun had clos'd the winter-day, The Curlers quat their roaring play. 1865 J. Hamilton Winter in Poems 103 The curlers ply the ‘roarin' play’, An' rinks are made. 1903 W. Johnston Hist. County Perth 544 Intensely devoted to the ‘roaring play’, which he continued to enjoy until the last. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。