| 釋義 |
parish-topn. In former times a large top was kept inevery English village,to be whipped for exercise andamusement in winter when it was too cold to work教區(qū)陀螺。 △Tw.1.3.43(40): “He's a coward and acoystrill that will not drink to my niece till his brainsturn o'the toe like a parish-top.”誰要是不愿為我的侄女舉杯祝飲,直到頭腦旋轉(zhuǎn)得像一個教區(qū)陀螺,他便是個懦夫小人。 |