| 单词 | sir roger's blast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSir Roger's blast A sudden small, localized whirlwind. Also Sir Roger's blast. Cf. rodges-blast n., Roger n.2 5. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > blast or gust of ghosteOE blasta1000 blas?c1225 ragec1405 blorec1440 flaw1513 thud1513 flaga1522 fuddera1522 flake1555 flan1572 whid?1590 flirta1592 gust1594 berry1598 wind-catch1610 snuff1613 stress1625 flash1653 blow1655 fresh1662 scud1694 flurry1698 gush1704 flam1711 waff1727 flawer1737 Roger's Blasta1825 flaff1827 slat1840 scart1861 rodges-blast1879 huffle1889 slap1890 slammer1891 Sir Roger1893 a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Roger's-blast, a sudden and local motion of the air,..whirling up the dust..somewhat in the manner of a water-spout. It is reckoned a sign of approaching rain. 1866 East Anglian 2 64 When the fresh-waterman sees the waving of the reeds and sedges by the river-side, he knows a ‘Roger's blast’ is coming, which may hurl himself and his craft to the bottom. 1887 Weekly Ipswich Jrnl. 2 Sept. 5/2 During this very hot week two curious instances of what are locally called ‘Rogers' Blasts’ have taken place in this parish. 1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 95 These heavy gusts of wind were called Sir Roger's blasts. 1903 W. A. Dutt et al. Norfolk Broads vi. 87 A sudden wind-squall he describes as a ‘rodger's-blast’. 1938 Times 4 Aug. 6/3 My little boat was blown right on the shore, practically high and dry, and a little later torrential rain fell... Our boatman called the disturbance a ‘Roger's Blast’. 2003 Folklore 114 220 ‘A temporary hurricane’..in East Anglia has the evocative name of ‘Roger's Blast’. < as lemmas |
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