单词 | wrist-slap |
释义 | > as lemmaswrist-slap wrist-slap n. slang a mild rebuke. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > mild > instance of a flap with a fox tail1553 rub1642 a slap in (or on) the face, in the eye, on the wrist1914 a tap on the wrist1973 wrist-slap1977 1977 M. Edelman Polit. Lang. viii. 148 Antitrust laws similarly sanction mergers and pricing agreements, with occasional token wrist slaps to keep the symbolism pure. 1979 Time 13 Aug. 36/3 Critical as the investigators may have been of the utility, the NRC itself got a wrist slap from Congress. < as lemmas |
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