| 释义 |
vaudy, a. Sc.|ˈvɔːdɪ|
Also vady, vaudie.
[Of obscure origin.]
a. Elated, delighted.
b. Stout, stalwart.
c. Gay or fine in appearance.
c1720W. Meston ‘How lang shall our land’ in Jacobite Songs (1871) 41 Then must we be sad, while the traitors are vaudie, Till we get a sight o' our ain bonnie laddie. 1793Piper of Peebles 7 Cummers fled and hurl'd as weel On ice, as ony vady chiel. 1805Andr. Scott Poems (1808) 222 In blue worset boots that my auld mither span, I've aft been fu' vaudy [1821 vanty] sin' I was a man. a1869C. Spence Poems (1898) 72 Now I got new trews and coat, And stalked about in trappings vaudie. |