2012年6月6日 星期三

2012_06_05 Larrup v. 毆打或鞭打 to beat or thrash

Word of the Day for Wednesday, June  6, 2012
larrup \LAR-uhp\, verb:
To beat or thrash.
When a seagoing canoe beached on the stones, or when a neighbor came larruping from around back of the house, Martha Obenchain, peeling potatoes at a table in the sun, rose and put the kettle on, tickled pink.
 -- Annie Dillard, The Living
A fast white boat comes larruping around the point from the direction of Mercer Island and banks towards him.
 -- Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon
Larrup may derive from the Dutch word larpen meaning "to beat with flails".
\超高壓\,動詞:

毆打鞭打

海輪獨木舟擱淺在石頭上鄰居各地回來的房子瑪莎Obenchain與眾不同,脫皮土豆在陽光下,玫瑰水壺捧腹
- 安妮迪拉德生活

一個快速白色默瑟島方向銀行對他周圍的與眾不同
- 尼爾·斯蒂芬森Cryptonomicon

可能來自荷蘭larpen意思是“連枷

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