“wibble、wobble”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

wibble-wobble

释义

wibble-wobble colloq.,|ˈwɪb(ə)lˈwɒb(ə)l|
reduplication of wobble (with vowel-variation symbolizing alternation of movement: cf. zigzag); hence wibble as a simple word (conjoined with wobble). So ˈwibbly-ˈwobbly (also simply wibbly), wibblety-wobblety adjs., characterized by ‘wibbling and wobbling’, unsteady; also ˈwibbly-ˈwobbly n., in phr. all of a wibbly-wobbly (nonce-use).
1847Halliwell, Wibble-wobble, unsteadily.1871L. W. M. Lockhart Fair to see ii, The ample round red face, which wibbled and wobbled in its billowy fatness.1877Holderness Gloss., Wibblety-wobblety, shaky; tottering; insecure. Wibble-wobble, to vibrate; to quiver; to oscillate.1901B'ham Daily Post 16 Dec. (E.D.D.) His wibblely-wobblely speeches.1905Motor-Car Jrnl. 23 Sept. 630/1 The gait [of a motor-car] was ungainly by reason of the wibbly-wobbly nature of a rear wheel.1914Daily News 5 June 6, I..hauled myself up again, and with wibbly knees crossed to the bushes south of the track.1922Joyce Ulysses 399 Bless me,..I'm all of a wibbly-wobbly.

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