| 单词 | wild and woolly |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswild and woolly d. wild and woolly, originally applied to the Far West (west n.1 3a(d)) of the United States of America on account of its rude and uncivilized character; hence gen. barbarous, lacking culture. Also transferred, and as woolly simply. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective] > rude wild and woolly1884 society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [adjective] wilda1300 bestiala1398 wilderna1400 savagine?a1439 barbaric1490 rudea1530 barbar1535 barbarous1538 pagan1550 uncivil1553 Scythical1559 raw?1573 savaged1583 incivil1586 savage1589 barbarian1591 uncivilized1607 negerous1609 mountainous1613 ruvid1632 ruvidous1632 barbarious1633 incivilizeda1645 alabandical1656 inhumanea1680 tramontane1740 semi-barbarous1798 irreclaimed1814 semi-savage1833 semiferine1854 warrigal1855 sloven1856 semi-barbaric1864 pre-civilized1876 wild and woolly1884 jungle1908 medieval1917 jungli1920 1884 A. J. Sowell Rangers & Pioneers of Texas xi. 330 Occasionally, in some Western village, you will hear a voice ring out on the night air..‘Wild and woolly’,..and then you may expect a few shots from a revolver. It is a cowboy out on a little spree. 1891 A. Welcker Tales Wild West Publishers' Note Woolly..seems to refer to the uncivilized—untamed—hair outside—wool still in the sheepskin coat—condition of the Western Pioneers. 1891 M. E. Ryan Told in Hills iii. iv. 191 Let us ‘move our freight’, ‘hit the breeze’, or any other term of the woolly West that means action. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 30 Aug. 2/1 How many Indians did you kill? Now, Cappen, I want something wild and woolly. 1904 N.Y. Evening Post 22 June 7 A young woman who ropes steers with as much ease and expedition as the ‘wooliest’ cowboy. 1940 R. S. Lambert Ariel & all his Quality viii. 197 [They] looked with scepticism upon a plan which they regarded as wild and woolly. < as lemmas |
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