| 释义 |
rousie Austral. and N.Z. colloq.|ˈraʊzɪ|
Also roussie, rousy.
[Abbrev. of rouseabout.]
= rouseabout n. 2.
1933Bulletin (Sydney) 29 Nov. 20/1 The rousie entered the office to be paid off. 1952[see dagger n.2 b]. 1956F. B. Vickers First Place to Stranger ix. 135 He tried to run all the rousies till Ivor stopped him. a1964H. P. Tritton in Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads (1964) 228 Then try to catch the rousy's eye, and softly whisper, ‘Tar’. 1966G. W. Turner Eng. Lang. Austral. & N.Z. vii. 147 There are names for woolshed workers,..the rousie or rouseabout and the sheepo who fills the catching pens. |