英语词汇“shoyhoy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	shoyhoy
释义	▪ I. shoy-hoy¹, shoyhoy\|ˈʃɔɪhɔɪ\| [Imitative of the cry used for scaring birds.] One who scares away birds from a sown field. Also transf. 1819Cobbett Weekly Pol. Reg. 14 Aug. 22 These bird-scarers, or, as we call them in Hampshire, Shoy-hoys.Ibid. 23 Look at the conduct of these shoy-hoys during this present session... The shoy-hoy Chamberlaine from Southampton; the shoy-hoy Palmer,..the two shoy-hoys from Nottingham.1835Fraser's Mag. XII. 211 Waithman the pride of the senate became Waithman the empty shoyhoy; Hunt the patriot degenerated into Hunt the greatest of liars. ▪ II. shoy-hoy² App. jocularly used for hoy n.¹ 1840Hood Up Rhine 17 In the old shoy-hoy times I was once at sea three days and two nights between London and Ramsgate, now a certain passage of a few hours.
随便看	mis-see missee mis-seek mis-seem mis-seeming misseif missel misselane misselany missel-bird misselden misselin misselling misselmas missel-thrush misselto misseltoe mis-semblance missen mis-send missense mis-sense misser misserie mis-serve

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