| 释义 | ▪ I. dap, n.1 Obs. exc. dial.|dæp|
[perh. f. dap v., in which case sense 2 (as held by Halliwell) would be the original.]
1. pl. Ways, modes of action; hence dial. likeness, image (in ways and appearance).
1583Stanyhurst æneis iv. (Arb.) 110 His daps and sweetening good moods to the soalye [thee solely] were opned. 1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d' Alf. ii. 239 He..knew the Dapps of the world. 1746Exmoor Scolding 230 (E.D.S.) Tha hast tha very Daps o' thy old Ount Sybyl. 1787Grose Prov. Gloss., Dapse, likeness. The very dapse of one, the exact likeness in shape and manner. 1888W. Somerset Word-bk., Daps, 1. habits or ways. 2. Likeness; image.
2. A bounce of a ball; a hop of a stone on the water.
1835(Said at Rugby School), He caught the ball first dap. 1847–78Halliwell, Dap, a hop, a turn. West. 1888in West Somerset Word-bk.
▪ II. dap, n.2 colloq. and dial.|dæp|
[Perh. f. dap v. 2, in which case a use of dap n.1]
pl. Rubber-soled shoes; spec. (a) slippers; (b) plimsolls.
1924Western Daily Press (Bristol) 20 Mar. 9/4 Boot-shop windows sometimes display Daps for sale; they are shoes with rubber soles. 1931Brophy & Partridge Songs & Slang 1914–18 (ed. 3) 299 Daps, slippers. Regular Army. 1939Dylan Thomas Map of Love 67 The daps and the gaiters were lost forever in the grass. 1974W. Leeds Herefordshire Speech 58 Daps = plimsolls. (Ross.)
▪ III. dap, v.|dæp|
Also dape.
[Known only from 17th c.: app. a parallel formation to dab, a lighter or slighter touch being expressed by the final p. In its use possibly also associated with dip. Cf. also dop.]
1. intr. (rarely trans.) To fish by letting the bait dip and bob lightly on the water; to dib, dibble.
1653Walton Angler 70, I have taught him how to catch a Chub with daping a Grashopper. Ibid. 118 With these [flies] and a short line..you may dap or dop. 1676Cotton Angler (T.), The stone-fly we dape or dibble with, as with the drake. 1799G. Smith Laboratory II. 271 The larger trout are to be taken..with a stout rod.. dapping therewith (which term you will find used by eel-fishers) on the surface of the water. 1888W. Somerset Word-bk., Dap..to fish with a rod in a peculiar manner. When the stream is flooded and the water muddy, the bait, whether fly or grub, is kept close to the top of the rod, with only an inch or two of line, and is made to bob up and down very quickly on the surface of the water.
b. gen. To dip lightly or suddenly into water.
1886R. C. Leslie Sea-painter's Log 70 The ‘dapping’ of the kittywake gulls tell[s] where a shoal of mackerel lies. 1892H. Hutchinson Fairway Island 129 In a few hours came a dapping of the lead line.
2. To rebound, bounce; to hop or skip (as a stone along the surface of water).
1851Voy. Mauritius vi. 204 A shot fired over the smooth sea astonished them much, as they watched the ball dapping along the surface. 1880Boy's own Bk. 148 The other player then strikes it..before it has..dapped (i.e. hopped from the ground) more than once. |
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