| 单词 | to bob for apples, cherries |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bob for apples, cherries b. to bob for apples, cherries, etc.: to snatch with the mouth at apples, or other fruit, floating on water, or dangling from a string, the fruit in either case generally eluding the mouth of the would-be captor. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [verb (intransitive)] > snatch with the mouth to bob for apples, cherries1834 1834 C. Lamb Let. 18 Oct. (1935) III. 419 No. 92 may bob it as she likes; but she catches no cherry of me. 1858 Sat. Rev. 31 July 98 Like a schoolboy who fruitlessly bobs in the tub of water after the apple. < as lemmas |
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