单词 | wild and woolly |
释义 | wild and woolly in British Englisha. rough; untamed; barbarous b. (of theories, plans, etc) not fully thought out wild-and-woolly in American English (ˈwaildnˈwuli) adjective unrestrained; lawless a wild-and-woolly frontier town Word origin [1885–90; perh. orig. referring to range-bred cattle]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: classified, lineup, reactor, toner, zoomExamples of 'wild and woolly' in a sentence |
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