| 单词 | top over tail |
| 释义 | > as lemmastop over tail b. top over tail (formerly also †tail over top): (with reference to falling or tumbling) so as turn completely over; head over heels. In later use chiefly Scottish, English regional (northern), or archaic.figurative in quot. 1602: topsy-turvy, upside down.Cf. top-and-tail at Phrases 3a(b), head over heels at head n.1 Phrases 3i(c). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [phrase] > head over heels tail over top1303 top over tailc1330 heels over headc1400 tail and top1558 head over heels1678 over head and heels1678 heels over gowdy1751 head over tip1824 arse over tip1922 ass over tea-kettle1963 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2776 Þe hinde..top ouer tail tombled. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 1735 In to þe waise þam fro, he tombled top ouer taile. c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 16727 He bar him tayl ouer top, That he lay ther as a sop. 1602 ( D. Lindsay Satyre (Charteris) sig. Rv Bot this fals warld is turnit top ouir taill. 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) vii. xxii. 681 Hee [sc. the dog] shall..cast himselfe toppe ouer tayle backward, rather than by pressing forward an ynch endanger the springing of the game. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 200 Cam tumblin' tap-owr-tail. 1881 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Suppl. Top o'er tail, head over heels—completely over. 1976 C. Darcy Regina (1977) xvii. 206 The fact was, his lordship was frank to admit, that he was top-over-tail in love. 2014 J. E. Nelson in H. Alexander & J. E. Nelson Countdown to Danger (2015) 117 One speeding ski made an X with the other, and in a split instant, she tumbled top over tail. to top over tail a. intransitive. to top over tail: to perform somersaults. Cf. to topple over (also up) tail at topple v. Phrases. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > somersault tumbc1000 tumble1303 to top over tail1545 somerset1599 pitch-pole1682 topple1802 somersault1858 sunfish1923 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > topple over welt13.. tiltc1390 overfalla1400 waltc1400 tirvec1425 top over tervea1450 overtumble1487 overwelta1522 to fall over1541 top1545 topple1600 tramble1609 tope1796 tottle1830 overtopple1855 whemmel1895 pitch-pole1896 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 14v To tumble ouer and ouer, to toppe ouer tayle..may be also holesome for the body. < as lemmas |
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