释义 |
queeny, a.|ˈkwiːnɪ| Also queenie. [f. queen n. 12 + -y1.] Effeminate; also as adv., in an effeminate manner.
1936N. Marsh Death in Ecstasy xxiv. 299 Alleyn may talk queeny, but he's doped that out. 1937― Vintage Murder vii. 72 He talks with a corker sort of voice. Not queeny, but just corker. 1952Arena (N.Z.) xxxi. 2 Up in front would be Slick, the leader [sc. a sheepdog], stepping along in a queenie way. 1965G. McInnes Road to Gundagai xv. 265 Thereafter he said he'd rather play football with the other fellows: reading aloud was a bit ‘queeny’. 1977‘J. Le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy i. 19 ‘So what's happened, Lukie?’ whined the dwarf, in his queeny Greenwich Village drawl. |