biddy
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
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A woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody.
— 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure That Mich drag Loretta sent me about 10 pictures of her so I wouldn't think her a "decrepit old lady." But too bad—she looked like someone's biddy aunt.
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Breasts.
— It ain't like you ain't never seen these tig ole biddies before.
- An attractive girl.
- An Irish maidservant.
- An Irishwoman.
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A name used in calling a hen or chicken, often as "biddy-biddy-biddy".
— Ay, biddy, come with me.
形容词 adj.
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Alternative spelling of bitty (“very small”).
— “Was it in buckets or them little biddy cans?”
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
Derived from Biddy, diminutive form of Bridget. It became a generic name for an Irish maid (US), and then for an old woman.
词源 2
From the phrase "tig biddies", derived from "big tiddies".
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