| 释义 |
myxo|ˈmɪksəʊ|
Abbrev. of myxomatosis.
1953S. J. Baker Australia Speaks 105 Another popular Australian speech habit is to truncate a word and add the suffix o. Among words..which fall into this category..are..myxo, the disease myxomatosis, used to kill off rabbits; [etc.]. 1961Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. 1193/2 Myxo. Myxomatosis: Australian: since ca. 1945... But, since ca. 1950, also current in Great Britain. 1967J. Morrison in Coast to Coast 1965–6 135 The myxo'll look after the rabbits. 1970M. Tarmey Skinman i. 22 They reckon myxo'll spread quite a bit this summer. |