英语词汇creepmouse的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	creepmouse
词源	creepmouse. “Here comes a little mouse/creeping up to ba- by’s house” is the rhyme often used in this familiar game played with infants. Most common in the South under the name creep- mouse, the game is played everywhere, the idea “to tickle babies to make them laugh by moving the fingers rapidly on their bodies as if a mouse was running over them.” The name creep- mouse is first recorded in 1899.
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