| 释义 |
tweedy, a.|ˈtwiːdɪ|
[f. tweed + -y1.]
a. Consisting of or relating to tweed cloth.
b. Characterized by or given to wearing tweeds.
c. fig. Characteristic of those (e.g. the country gentry) who wear tweeds; heartily informal, exclusively clannish, etc.
1912R. Broughton Between Two Stools xiv. 107 Iris stood before them in tweedy brevity of skirt and pertness of tam-o-shanter. 1928Sunday Dispatch 5 Aug. 17/3 In Scottish country houses you rarely get away from the tweedy atmosphere until the afternoon has worn on. 1930J. B. Priestley Good Companions ii. vii. 445 An angel of a woman, very erect, y'know, and tweedy, and straight out of the Old Moated Grange. 1946G. D. Klingopulos in Scrutiny XIV. ii. 144 The only excuse for noticing this tweedy sequel [sc. V. Sackville-West's The Garden].. is that we need to be reminded..that, in Courses of English, ‘The Land’ is still too often the substitute for modern poetry. 1949L. P. Hartley Boat 80 She nodded very perceptibly in the direction of the tweedy group who were talking to each other as members of the same family do. 1978I. Murdoch Sea 164 He is a big stout man, always dressed..in tweedy suits with waistcoats. 1980Daily Tel. 20 Mar. 14/5 Miss Foster, who seems to have been a perfectly splendid, large and tweedy lady.
Hence ˈtweedily adv., ˈtweediness.
1964C. P. Snow Corridors of Power xxiv. 195 Roger..lolloped tweedily along between them. 1965Listener 27 May 788/1 The exotic tweediness of little Phyllis Benton, so despised by Mr Amis. 1978R. Hill Pinch of Snuff x. 100 He would have classified her as genuine English county with a good seat but not erring on the side of tweediness. 1980‘A. Skinner’ Mind's Eye i. 10 An old James Bond movie relayed rather tweedily from the mainland. |