| 单词 | maori pt |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMaori P.T. Maori P.T. n. [ < B. + PT n. at P n. Initialisms] New Zealand slang (originally Services' slang) (offensive) the action of relaxing and doing nothing; loafing. ΚΠ 1939–45 Expressions & Sayings 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force in Dict. N.Z. Eng. (1997) 480/3 Maori PT—Lying on bed (or anywhere) dozing. 1946 Tararua Tramper June 8 The party ended with the dawn and people amused themselves variously from then on. ‘Maori P.T.’ was a very popular exercise. 1966 G. W. Turner Eng. Lang. in Austral. & N.Z. vi. 135 In New Zealand the word Maori sometimes enters into slang with contemptuous connotation, but there is a good-natured tolerance, even tinged with envy for an admirable adjustment to life's problems, in a term like Maori P.T...to mean lying down and doing nothing. 1986 D. Davin Salamander & Fire 166 He was off to have his cup of char..before he did anything else. I thought I'd do the same and have a bit of Maori PT as well. < as lemmas |
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