tawse

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A leather strap or thong which is split into (typically three) tails, used for corporal punishment in schools, applied to the palm of the hands or buttocks. Scotland
    — I lay about me with the taws That night and morning I may thrash Greek Alexander from my flesh, […]
动词 v.
  1. To beat with a tawse. Scotland,transitive

词形变化

tawses plural taws alternative tawses present,singular,third-person tawsing participle,present tawsed participle,past tawsed past

词源

词源 1
Apparently a plural form of taw, though attested earlier.
词源 2
Apparently a plural form of taw, though attested earlier.
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