| 释义 |
▪ I. pops1
a name in Barbados of Physalis angulata: see pop n.1 4.
▪ II. pops2
var. pop n.6 [see -s2.] Also used in Jazz slang as a form of address to a man.
1928Barrie Half an Hour in Plays 616, I never heard how much you paid Pops for me? 1933‘E. M. Delafield’ Gay Life ii. 32 My Pops says I'm ever such a lucky girl to have such heaps of friends. 1944C. Calloway Hepsters Dict., Pops, salutation for all males. 1944[see Fatso]. 1948[see daddy 3]. 1961Metronome Feb. 60 Jazz..is..an art in which a musician can become known as ‘Pops’ by the time he is 22 or even at 18. 1976‘S. Harvester’ Siberian Road ii. 30 Me a defenceless girl..without my Mom and Pops. |