| 释义 |
dil·ly
I. \ˈdilē, -li\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: by shortening & alteration
1. obsolete : diligence II
2. now dialect England : any of various horse-drawn vehicles (as a light wagon or cart)
3. : a haulage system on a short incline in a mine
II. noun
(-es)
Etymology: origin unknown
dialect England : duck
III. noun
(-es)
Etymology: short for daffadilly
: daffodil
IV. noun
(-es)
Etymology: by shortening & alteration
1. : sapodilla 1
2. : a small tree (Mimusops emarginata) of Florida and the West Indies having hard dark brown wood susceptible of a fine polish and small edible fruits — called also wild dilly, wild sapodilla
V. adjective
Etymology: perhaps blend of dippy and silly
slang chiefly Australia : silly, foolish
VI. noun
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Etymology: obsolete slang dilly, adjective, delightful, irregular from English del- (from delightful) + -y
: one that is remarkably good or successful or strikingly different : something spectacular or extraordinary
< a dilly of a trial novel — Donald Gordon >
< a dilly of a doll who, off screen, looks younger, is even prettier, and is just as witty — Helen Colton >
< I have a long-standing and legitimate interest in middle names having been christened with a dilly myself — Alfred Gilliland Miller >
< another joker was the Veterans of Future Wars — some guys in Princeton cooked that dilly up — Martin Dibner >
— not often in formal use
VII. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: by shortening
: dillydally |