“creep、mouse”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

creep-mouse

释义

ˈcreep-mouse
[f. stem of creep v. + mouse.]
A. n.
†1. A creeping mouse: a term of endearment.
1540Palsgrave tr. Fullonius' Acolastus R ij a, I con the thank my lyttell sparowe, or my pretye crepemous.
2. A nursery play with a child.
1689J. Carlile Fortune-hunters 25 Not so old but I can play at creep Mouse yet; creep, Mouse, creep, catch her.
B. adj. [Cf. break-neck.] That creeps like a mouse so as to escape notice; furtive, timid, shy.
1766Goody Two-Shoes (1882) 58 Not seeing such a little creep-mouse Girl as Two-Shoes.1814Jane Austen Mansf. Park (1816) I. xv. 304 You may be as creepmouse as you like, but we must have you to look at.1860Emerson Cond. Life, Behaviour Wks. (Bohn) II. 387 Here are creep-mouse manners, and thievish manners.

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