单词 | to flap at with a fox's tail |
释义 | > as lemmasto flap at (something) with a fox's tail d. intransitive. To make a flap or stroke. Also with down. †to flap at (something) with a fox's tail: said figuratively of a lenient or pretended reproof. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > gently or leniently to flap at (something) with a fox's tail1581 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1588) iv. xvi. 582 This is but..to strike or flap at a fault with a Foxe taile, and none other. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 108/2 I flap down with the border of my glove, and brush away..these gossamer pretensions. < as lemmas |
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