| 释义 |
lackadaisy, int. (n., a.)|ˈlækəˌdeɪzɪ|
[Extended form of lackaday.]
= lack-a-day, hence as n. the utterance of the interjection; an instance of this; as adj. = lackadaisical.
1748Smollett Rod. Rand. I. viii. 56 She exclaimed, ‘Good lack-a-daisy! the rogue is fled!’ 1792Wolcot (P. Pindar) Wks. III. 38 The Swain, in Lack a daisy sort, Held down his head as sorry for't. 1796M. Edgeworth Parent's Assistant (ed. 2) I. 164 The carpenter..said ‘lack-a-daisy!’ when he saw that the old theatre was pulled down. 1825R. P. Ward Tremaine II. xii. 121 She, with many lack-a-daisies, begged her to come in and dry herself. 1847Halliwell, Lackadaisy, alack; alas! |