sprauchle
名词 n.
动词 v.
英文释义
名词 n.
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An awkward or struggling movement; stumble.
— Well, Sir, just when the gentlemen had got within three yards of her, Nelly geid a bit awckward sprauchle, an' shot out a leg, but whether Nelly had mistaken her distance, or whether the men were up to her fa'en system an' wadna bite, never clearly appeared; but they werna forward in time to catch the lassie in their arms as she expected, an' after a sprauchle an' a stumble, down she came in good earnest, an' broke her arm.
动词 v.
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To move in a clumsy manner; to stumble or sprawl; to clamber up with difficulty.
— We'll sprauchle yont life's roughsome way, / As canny as we dow; / An' souther oor affections aye, / In love's heart-warmin' lowe.
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词源
词源 1
From Icelandic spraukla, "to sprawl".
词源 2
From Icelandic spraukla, "to sprawl".
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