| 单词 |
norate |
| 释义 |
norate, v. U.S. dial.|nəˈreɪt|
Also norrate.
[? Corruption of narrate v.]
a. To announce; to spread (information) by word of mouth.
b. To denigrate. So noˈration, norration.
1853J. W. Page Uncle Robin 231 Der's some folks who tells de people, dar, dat massers in dis country [sc. in the South], when der niggers runs away, puts out a noration, dat dey will give four hundred dollar' to anybody who will bring one o' der runaway niggers to um, dead or live. 1895Dialect Notes I. 373 ‘We will norate the preaching’ (i.e. announce the services to be held). 1905Ibid. III. 89 [Arkansas] A French specialist has given out the ‘noration’ that kissing is not a hurtful process. 1914Ibid. IV. 110 Norate... Also, norration, noration, n. 1921J. C. Campbell Southern Highlander & his Homeland 145 [In the Southern Appalachians] a man wishing to hold a public meeting has it norated, that is, the announcement of it spread by report. 1938Amer. Speech XIII. 6/2 [S.E. Arkansas] It is norated about that he is a crook. 1941H. Skidmore Hawk's Nest 22 Norratin' it round bout them wanten men to work. 1949H. Hornsby Lonesome Valley 10 ‘You're planning to norate the word,’ he said... ‘More than apt they'll expect me to do the preaching.’ 1954Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxi. 33 [South Carolina] Norate: v.t., to depreciate. Usually of persons. |
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