doozy
英語[編輯]
其他形式[編輯]
詞源[編輯]
不詳。可能源自daisy (「雛菊」)或意大利女演員Eleonora Duse(埃萊奧諾拉·杜斯)之名。常有說法錯誤地稱其源自汽車公司Duesenberg,但該詞出現比這一公司成立早十多年。另可能源自波蘭語 duży,於20世紀00年代左右由波蘭移民潮引入美國。(這個詞源(+)能找到來源嗎?)
發音[編輯]
名詞[編輯]
doozy (複數 doozies)
- (美國,非正式) 麻煩的,棘手的;(亦) 厲害的
- 近義詞: lulu
- Most of the test was easy, but the last question was a doozy.
- 那場考試大部分題都簡單,但是最後一題挺難的。
- 2017, Eric A Meyer, Estelle Weyl, CSS: The Definitive Guide: Visual Presentation for the Web, Kindle版, O'Reilly Media,頁號 126:
- Like the
em
unit, therem
unit is based on declared font size. The difference — and it’s a doozy — is that whereasem
is calculated using the font size of the element to which it’s applied,rem
is always calculated using the root element.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
形容詞[編輯]
doozy (一般不用比較級,比較級 doozier,最高級 dooziest)
- (俚語,過時) 厲害的,很好的,牛屄的 (1903)
- 1903, Alfred Leon Kleberg, Slang Fables from Afar,頁號 83:
- As soon as the races were billed he began to evolve Schemes — one Doozy scheme followed the other...
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- 2011, 「Feeling Pinkie Keen」, 出自 My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic:
- The hydra wasn't the doozy? How could it not be the doozy? What could be doozier than that?
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- (俚語,美國,古舊) 花哨的,俗艷的 (1911)
- 1917, Elsie Warnock, 「Terms of approbation and eulogy in American dialect speech」, 出自 Dialect Notes, 卷 IV,頁號 21:
- Who was that doozy fellow I saw you with?
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- 1920, Jane Barrett, 「English review」, 出自 High School Life, 卷 21,頁號 531:
- Sweetie, do let me show you the dooziest little afternoon frock that Poiret designed for me in Paris.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
參考資料[編輯]
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- "Doozy" in J.E. Lighter, Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang volume 1, 1994.