| 释义 |
lambie orig. Sc.|ˈlæmɪ|
Also lammie, lammy.
[See -ie, -y.]
A term of endearment for a lamb and hence for a child or young person.
1718Ramsay Christ's Kirk Gr. iii. xx, She her man like a lammy led Hame. 1768Ross Helenor (1789) 14 For tweesh twa hillocks the poor lambie lies. 1785Burns Holy Fair iii, The third cam up, hap-step-an'-lowp, As light as ony lambie. 1801Macneill Poems II. 84, I held her to my beating heart, My young, my smiling Lammie! 1879C. M. Yonge Burnt Out ix. 149 Is he hurt? Is my little lambie hurt? 1935N. Mitchison We have been Warned iv. 357 Oh, Lilias, what have you got, Lambie—oh, a lovely stone. |