caddie

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkædi/    美 /ˈkædi/|[-ɾi]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”). Scotland,also,attributive,obsolete
  2. Alternative spelling of caddy. alt-of,alternative
  3. A young man; a boy, a lad; specifically (derogatory), one regarded as of low social status; a ragamuffin. Scotland,archaic,broadly
    — But gie him't het, my hearty cocks! / E'en cowe the cadie!
  4. A person engaged to run errands such as carrying goods and messages; a commissionaire, an errand boy or errand girl, a gofer; specifically, a member of an organized group of such persons working in large Scottish cities and towns in the early 18th century. Scotland,broadly,historical
    — A tattered cadie, or errand porter, whom David Deans had jostled in his attempt to extricate himself from the vicinity of the scorners, exclaimed in a strong north-country tone, "Ta de'il ding out her Cameronian een—what gi'es her titles to dunch gentlemans about?"
  5. A person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice. also,attributive,broadly
    — As caddy I had to carry the clubs, for there are four varieties almost everyone used, and some used more. Besides doing this, the caddy has to keep score of the number of strokes used, and watch and find each ball.
动词 v.
  1. Chiefly followed by for: to serve as a caddie (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2) for a golfer. intransitive
    — We took turns caddying, one caddying, two playing. We went out across the river to the teeing ground of the first hole.

词形变化

caddies plural cady alternative cadie alternative cadie alternative caddy alternative cadie alternative caddy alternative caddies present,singular,third-person caddying participle,present caddieing participle,present caddied participle,past caddied past caddy alternative caddies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
caddieless caddielike caddiemaster forecaddie

词源

词源 1
The noun is borrowed from Scots caddie (“military cadet; young man; ragamuffin; person engaged to run errands; person hired to assist a golfer”), from French cadet (“army cadet; younger sibling”), from capdet (“captain; chief”) (Gascony, archaic), from Late Latin capitettum, from Latin caput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“head”). Doublet of cadel, cadet, capital, capitellum, and caudillo.
The verb is derived from the noun.
词源 2
A variant of caddy (etymology 1).
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