Dandy
['dændɪ] or ['dændi]
解釋/意思:
(n.) One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.
(n.) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set.
(n.) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen.
(n.) A dandy roller. See below.
手打:奈杰尔
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Beau, fop, coxcomb, exquisite, popinjay, macaroni, jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, man of dress, man milliner, vain fellow.
錄入:朱迪思
解釋/意思:
n. a foppish silly fellow: one who pays much attention to dress.—v.t. Dan′dify to dress up as a dandy.—adv. Dan′dily like a dandy.—ns. Dan′dy-brush a hard brush of whalebone bristles; Dan′dy-cock a bantam; Dan′dy-fē′ver (see Dengue); Dan′dy-horse a velocipede.—adj. Dan′dyish.—n. Dan′dyism.
n. a sloop-like vessel having a jigger-mast abaft.—n. Dandy-rigged cutter.
艾德琳校對
例句/造句/用法:
- A perfect and celebrated blood, or dandy about town, was this young officer. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Such a dandy as George has become. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Brummell never made his appearance in London after the receipt of this letter, which gained Meyler the nickname of the dandy-killer. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- You are not a dandy, thank Heaven, so I'm glad to see there are no diamonds or big seal rings on it, only the little old one Jo gave you so long ago. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Georgy had a dandy telescope and got the vessel under view in the most skilful manner. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Young Bedwin Sands, then an elegant dandy and Eastern traveller, was manager of the revels. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- You beheld her carriage in the park, surrounded by dandies of note. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Since then, dandies have gone out of fashion. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Numbers of the men she knew already, and the dandies thronged round her. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
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