| 单词 | a dandy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa dandy 2. slang or colloquial. Anything superlatively fine, neat, or dainty; esp. in the dandy (now usually a dandy), ‘the correct thing’, ‘the ticket’. Also colloquial. for dandy: for effect. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent thing starOE dainty1340 daisyc1485 say-piece1535 bravery1583 paragon1585 daint1633 rapper1653 supernaculum1704 dandy1785 roarer1813 sneezer1823 plum1825 trimmer1827 sockdolager1838 rasper1844 dinger1861 job1863 fizzer1866 champagne1880 beauty1882 pie1884 twanger1889 smasher1894 crackerjack1895 Taj Mahal1895 beaut1896 pearler1901 lollapalooza1904 bearcat1909 beaner1911 grande dame1915 Rolls-Royce1916 the nuts1917 pipperoo1939 rubydazzler1941 rumpty1941 rumptydooler1941 snodger1941 sockeroo1942 sweetheart1942 zinger1955 blue-chipper1957 ring-a-ding1959 premier cru1965 sharpie1970 stormer1978 1785 G. Colman Two to One i. ii. 14 Her breath is like the rose; and the pretty little mouth Of pretty little Tippet is the dandy,—O! 1814 Apollo in Notes & Queries 6th Ser. IX. 136 For marriage to old maids is the dandy, O. 1822 Pennsylv. Intelligencer 3 Dec. The reader will suppose this was a dandy of a thing, since it was on writing paper. 1832 W. Stephenson Coll. Local Poems, Songs, &c. 105 A cure for coughs I know, It will prove the dandy. 1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 340 The new railroad will be jist the dandy for you. 1887 Amer. Angler XII. 360 I had the largest, the dandy, and was satisfied. 1887 Harper's Mag. June 160/1 ‘Death loves a shining mark’, and she hit a dandy when she turned loose on Jim. 1897 S. Hale Lett. (1919) 319 Mrs. B. was a dandy, she didn't fuss nor worry. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 387 I go to bed early, thankfully observing that the gay mosquito curtain is entirely ‘for dandy’—decorative and not defensive. 1919 H. L. Wilson Ma Pettengill iv. 111 It was just one punch, though a dandy. 1968 D. Helwig in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories 2nd Ser. 376 We..sat..waiting for Barrow Man to light his fire. At nine-fifteen he did it. It was a dandy. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。