英语词汇“top-on-tail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†(b) Chiefly hyphenated, in top-and-tail (also top-on-tail, †tail and top): (with reference to falling or tumbling) so as turn completely over; head over heels. Obsolete (English regional (south-western) in later use).Cf. top over tail at Phrases 3b.

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1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. N.j^v Headlong down in dust he ouerturnyd tayle and topp.

1879 W. Pengelly 3rd Rep. Comm. Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms in Rep. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. Advancem. Sci., Lit. & Art 11 144 Top-and-Tail (= Head-over-heels, or more properly, Heels-over-head). In a field near Sidmouth, one child said to another, ‘Now then, I'm going to turn top-and-tail’ when it proceeded to turn a somersault on the grass.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Top-and-tail The pony put his foot in a rabbit's hole and proper turned top-on-tail.

单词	top-on-tail
释义	> as lemmas top-on-tail †(b) Chiefly hyphenated, in top-and-tail (also top-on-tail, †tail and top): (with reference to falling or tumbling) so as turn completely over; head over heels. Obsolete (English regional (south-western) in later use).Cf. top over tail at Phrases 3b. ΚΠ 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. N.j^v Headlong down in dust he ouerturnyd tayle and topp. 1879 W. Pengelly 3rd Rep. Comm. Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms in Rep. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. Advancem. Sci., Lit. & Art 11 144 Top-and-Tail (= Head-over-heels, or more properly, Heels-over-head). In a field near Sidmouth, one child said to another, ‘Now then, I'm going to turn top-and-tail’ when it proceeded to turn a somersault on the grass. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Top-and-tail The pony put his foot in a rabbit's hole and proper turned top-on-tail. extracted from topn.¹adj. < as lemmas
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