tyke

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mongrel dog. dialectal
    — It was the day of warlocks and apparitions, now happily driven out by the zeal of the General Assembly. Witches pursued their wanchancy calling, bairns were spirited away, young lassies selled their souls to the Evil One, and the Accuser of the Brethren, in the shape of a black tyke, was seen about cottage doors in the gloaming.
  2. A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one. colloquial
    — Manipulative little tyke I was.
  3. A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.; Designating an initiation level of sports competition for young children. Canada,colloquial
  4. An uncultured, crude and unrefined or uncouth ill-bred person. UK,dated
    — Why, the inquiry thing, the yellow-dog thing—you wouldn’t think a mangy, native tyke would be allowed to trip up people in the verandah of a magistrate’s court, would you?
  5. A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman. UK,informal

词形变化

tykes plural tike alternative

词汇关系

近义词
ankle-biter nipper tot
衍生词
dyke tyke gay tyke boy
相关词
Tyke

词源

From Middle English tike, tyke, from Old Norse tík (“female dog”), from Proto-Germanic *tīkō. Compare Icelandic tík, Faroese tík, and Swedish tik, all meaning “bitch, female dog”.
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