Horlicks

名词 n. 动词 v. 专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hot bedtime drink made with malted milk. UK,countable,uncountable
    — When the theatres turned out, people flocked back for their Horlickses and cocoas. Because of the summer visitors, we were open till one o'clock in the morning.
  2. Bollocks, a mess or balls-up. UK,countable,euphemistic,slang,uncountable
    — McDonald & Dodds is back, with episode one so deliberately hammy and meta that, technically, it should have been a complete horlicks. In one scene, when they were all hanging on to the balloon ropes, Mr Bean-like, to stop Jason Watkins flying away, it sort of was.
  3. Bollocks, nonsense, false statements. UK,countable,euphemistic,slang,uncountable
    — As sleep patterns come unstuck and more and more people complain of not getting enough shuteye, so businesses have spotted an opportunity. […] And beware any consumer product which claims it will transform your slumber: it’s probably a load of Horlicks.
动词 v.
  1. To make a mess of (something); to bollocks. UK,euphemistic,slang
    — I have seen a priest massacred in charge of a Mass, experienced schoolmasters carbonated in charge of a class and felt hairdressers Horlicksed in charge of hair clippers. / On a more lasting level, it is possible for surprisingly long periods of time to be drunk in charge of a relationship.
专有名词
  1. A surname.
    — “But how can this be, for Mr. Horlicks suffered from such a painful back condition that he could hardly walk?” she informed Hodgekiss. “Not anymore!” said Hodgekiss with a twinkle in his eye.
  2. plural of Horlick form-of,plural

词形变化

Horlicks plural horlicks alternative Horlickses present,singular,third-person Horlicksing participle,present Horlicksed participle,past Horlicksed past horlicks alternative Horlickses plural

词源

词源 1
The name of the drink, first sold as "Horlick's Infant and Invalids Food", is derived from the surname of its developers, James (1844–1921) and William Horlick (1846–1936); equivalent to Horlick + -'s (possessive marker). The term later became a euphemism for bollocks (“mess; to make a mess of”).
词源 2
Variant of Horlick.
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