英语词汇“ruckle of bones”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. Scottish. Chiefly in ruckle of (dry, old) bones. An emaciated broken-down person or animal. Cf. rickle n.¹ 3.

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a1816 E. Picken Dict. Sc. Lang. (1818) at Ruckle When a person is much wasted in body, he is said to be nothing but a ruckle of bones.

1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 7 159/1 It's but a ruckle o' dry banes and yellow hair, wi' a raw hide thrown owre them.

1870 D. Livingstone Let. Nov. in Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. (1873) 17 72 I was in pain nearly every step of the way, and arrived, a mere ruckle of bones, to find myself destitute.

1876 J. Smith Archie & Bess 76 Naething but an auld skinny ruckle o' banes.

1882 J. Longmuir & D. Donaldson Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (rev. ed.) IV. 71/2 He's jist a ruckle o' auld banes noo.

1926 W. Queen We're a' Coortin 26 Auld skinny-ma-link, ruckle -o'-banes.

1932 A. Horsbøl tr. J. Jakobsen Etymol. Dict. Norn Lang. in Shetland II. 723/1 Rukl, rukkel,..a wretched, bony animal; a rukkel o' bens; also: a rokkel o' bens. Partly of a very lean person, rukkel (rokkel).

1995 Chapman 81 28 Then Fergusson stood as erect as he could, Tho' deceased, an a ruckle o banes.

单词	ruckle of bones
释义	> as lemmas ruckle of (dry, old) bones 2. Scottish. Chiefly in ruckle of (dry, old) bones. An emaciated broken-down person or animal. Cf. rickle n.¹ 3. ΚΠ a1816 E. Picken Dict. Sc. Lang. (1818) at Ruckle When a person is much wasted in body, he is said to be nothing but a ruckle of bones. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 7 159/1 It's but a ruckle o' dry banes and yellow hair, wi' a raw hide thrown owre them. 1870 D. Livingstone Let. Nov. in Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. (1873) 17 72 I was in pain nearly every step of the way, and arrived, a mere ruckle of bones, to find myself destitute. 1876 J. Smith Archie & Bess 76 Naething but an auld skinny ruckle o' banes. 1882 J. Longmuir & D. Donaldson Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (rev. ed.) IV. 71/2 He's jist a ruckle o' auld banes noo. 1926 W. Queen We're a' Coortin 26 Auld skinny-ma-link, ruckle -o'-banes. 1932 A. Horsbøl tr. J. Jakobsen Etymol. Dict. Norn Lang. in Shetland II. 723/1 Rukl, rukkel,..a wretched, bony animal; a rukkel o' bens; also: a rokkel o' bens. Partly of a very lean person, rukkel (rokkel). 1995 Chapman 81 28 Then Fergusson stood as erect as he could, Tho' deceased, an a ruckle o banes. extracted from rucklen.¹ < as lemmas
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