| 释义 |
woodsy, a. orig. and chiefly U.S.|ˈwʊdzɪ|
Also -ey.
[irreg. f. woods, pl. of wood n.1 (see 9 g) + -y1; formed thus for distinction from woody.]
Of, pertaining to, characteristic or suggestive of the woods; sylvan.
1861Whittier Cobbler Keezar's Vision vi, Woodsy and wild and lonesome, The swift stream wound away. 1869Mrs. Stowe Oldtown Folks xxxvii, [We] ran..about the piles of wood..with a joyous satisfaction. How fresh and spicy and woodsy it smelt! 1883Longm. Mag. II. 78 Their songs have the delicacy and wildness of most woodsey forms. 1900‘Mark Twain’ Man that corrupted etc. 367 There was a deep, woodsy stillness everywhere. 1973Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Apr. 472/5 The merely woodsy setting of the keeper's activities and of his meetings with Connie. 1977Daily Tel. 9 Apr. 7/3 Scatter them on woodsy bits of the garden. 1981‘D. Jordan’ Double Red xxi. 92 The same perfume, a cool tinge of something woodsy. 1985Dirt Bike Mar. 44/2 Duane Summers powers the XC up a woodsy trail. |