“Roger's blast”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

Roger's blast

释义

Roger's blast E. Angl.
[Evidently a survival of Lydgate's rodion, with assimilation to the personal name.]
(See quot. a 1825, and cf. rodges-blast and Roger² 5.)
a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Roger's-blast, a sudden and local motion of the air,..whirling up the dust..somewhat in the manner of a water-spout. It is reckoned a sign of approaching rain.1866East Anglian II. 64 When the fresh-waterman sees the waving of the reeds and sedges by the river-side, he knows a ‘Roger's blast’ is coming, which may hurl himself and his craft to the bottom.1893H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norf. 95 These heavy gusts of wind were called Sir Roger's blasts.

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