| 单词 |
Longshanks |
| 释义 |
Longshanks|ˈlɒŋʃæŋks|
[See shank n.]
1. A nickname given to Edward I of England on account of his long legs.
[13..P. de Langtoft Chron. (Rolls) II. 284 Lewelin..& David son frere, unt perdu manantie, Cil od le lunge jambes de tut est seisie. 1306Pol. Songs (Camden) 223 Whil him lasteth the lyf with the longe shonkes. 1556Chron. Gr. Friars (Camden) 4 Kynge Edward the furst, that was callyd kinge Edward with the longshangkes.] 1590Marlowe Edw. II, iii. ii. 12 Great Edward Longshanks' issue. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. vi. 342 Edward King of Ingland frome his lang leggis callid Lang-schankis. 1603Drayton Barons' Wars ii. xxx. 34 Great Lancaster..Canst thou thy oath to Longshancks thus forget? a1661Fuller Worthies, Westminster (1811) II. 104 He was surnamed Longshanks, his step being another man's stride.
b. Hence applied generally to a tall or long-legged person, often as a term of derision.
1699B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew, Long-shanks, long-legged. 1915Dialect Notes IV. 206 There comes long⁓shanks across the fields. 1939F. Thompson Lark Rise ii. 32 The two tamer children..would make a dash on their long stalky legs for their own garden gate followed by..cries of ‘Long-shanks! Cowardy, cowardy custards.’ 1954J. R. R. Tolkien Fellowship of Ring xi. 193 He was smoking a short black pipe. As they approached he took it out of his mouth and spat. ‘Morning, Longshanks!’ he said. 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. ix. 169 In the following [terms] the chief emphasis is on height, ‘Lofty’ being the most popular nickname, followed by ‘Longshanks’.
2. A stilt or long-legged plover.
1817T. Forster Observ. Nat. Hist. Swallow 86 Charadrius himantopus, Longleggedplover, Longshanks, or Longlegs. 1831A. Wilson & Bonaparte Amer. Ornith. III. 77 The name by which this bird is known on the sea⁓coast is the stilt or tilt, or long-shanks. |
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