dandy

英['d?nd?] 美['d?ndi]

近義詞

反義詞sloven

復(fù)數(shù):?dandies;比較級:?dandier;最高級:?dandiest;

dandy 好打扮的男人

詞源不詳，可能來自Andrew的昵稱，用來指好打扮的男人。比較gussy.

dandy: dandy: [18] The first record of the word dandy comes in Scottish border ballads of the late 18th century, but by the early 19th century it had become a buzz term in fashionable London society. It is generally explained as being an abbreviation of jack-a-dandy ‘a(chǎn)ffected man’, a word first recorded in the 17th century which apparently incorporates Dandy, a colloquial Scottish abbreviation of the name Andrew. The word’s adjectival use started in the 19th century in close semantic relationship to the noun – ‘a(chǎn)ffectedly trim or neat’ – but American English has rehabilitated it to ‘excellent’ in the 20th century.
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dandy (n.): c. 1780, of uncertain origin; it first appeared in a Scottish border ballad:
I've heard my granny crack
O' sixty twa years back
When there were sic a stock of Dandies O
etc. In that region, Dandy is diminutive of Andrew (as it was in Middle English generally). The word was in vogue in London c. 1813-1819. His female counterpart was a dandizette (1821) with French-type ending. The adjective dandy first recorded 1792; very popular c. 1880-1900. Related: Dandified; dandify.

1. There's a zoo round here? That's dandy for my kids.: 這附近有個動物園？我的孩子們一定會很高興的。

2. Some abnormal fetuses ( such as water head , Dandy - Walker's syndrome etc ) showed significant extension of WPCF.: 部分畸形胎兒如腦積水、典型Dandy -Walker 綜合癥等WPCF明顯增寬.

3. I know him to be nothing but a man of pleasure, a dandy who has given himself up to the relentless pursuit of sensual pleasure.: 我知道他是一個放蕩的人, 一個不顧一切、死心塌地地追求情欲之歡的花花公子.