单词 | tip-tail |
释义 | tip-tail [f. tip n.1 + tail n.1, after tiptoe.] The tip of the tail: only in phr. on tip-tail or upon tip-tail.
1836–48B. D. Walsh Aristoph., Acharnians ii. vi, You sat all the time upon tip-tail [Gr. ἐπ' ἄκρων πυγιδίων on the tips of their rumps]. 1876M. E. Braddon J. Haggard's Dau. xxv, A curly serpent standing on tip tail between them. 1900A. B. Cook in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. XX. 2 Straightway struck by the crown you sat there on tip-tail. |

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