| 释义 |
doozer, n. N. Amer. slang.|ˈduːzə(r)|
[Of uncertain origin: see *doozy a. and n., but perh. var. of douser n. s.v. douse v.1]
= *doozy n.
1930–9in H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. (1944) 174/2. 1949 L. Peterson Chipmunk 231 Paying for three World Wars now. Next one'll really be a doozer and expensive. 1956K. M. Wells By Jumping Cat Bridge xxxvii. 207 A storm was brewing. ‘A real doozer,’ I mumbled. ‘A doozer.’ 1974J. Dowell Look-Off Bear 34 Then he would tie on what he called a ‘doozer’. 1985New Yorker 26 Aug. 49/1 You know about our crosswinds, I've seen some doozers here, too. |