tinker tailor grass

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several types of grass-like plant having individual ears or seeds, especially ryegrass (genus Lolium), or ribwort plantain (genus Plantago). countable,regional,uncountable
    — At Fifty-six Eden Street the parched front lawn was scattered with dry cocksfoot seeds and faded tinker-tailor grass.

词形变化

tinker tailor grasses plural

词源

From its use in counting or choosing games, especially those used to divine the profession of a future sweetheart ("tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor…").
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary