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单词 waspy
释义 I. ˈwaspy, n. Obs. exc. dial.
Now dial. wapsy.
[f. wasp n.1 + -y6.]
A wasp.
a1529Skelton E. Rummyng 330 Angry as a waspy!a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Waps, wapsy, a wasp.
II. waspy, a.1|ˈwɒspɪ|
[f. wasp n.1 + -y1.]
1. Resembling a wasp in form, wasp-like.
1658Rowland tr. Moufet's Theat. Ins. 921 Whereupon that Greek Comick Poet calls those Maids,..for their slendernesse in the waste σϕηκοδεῖς [sic], waspy or like Wasps.1869T. W. Wood in Student II. 87 The hornet clearwing,..so waspy in appearance.1870Daily News 19 July 6 A brown horse with a light waspy middle.1889Sportsman 29 July 2/1 So long as a waspy waist is considered ‘a thing of beauty’.
2. Abounding in wasps.
1681Rector's Bk. Clayworth (1910) 53 It was also a very waspy year.1880Morris in Mackail Life (1899) II. 13 Very hot and waspy it was at dinner.
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