colly

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɒli/    美 /ˈkɑli/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Soot. UK,dialectal
    — besmeared with soot , colly
  2. A blackbird UK,dialectal
  3. Alternative spelling of collie. alt-of,alternative,dated
    — Can a Whig lick the feet o' the tyrant wha usurps oor Lord's throne, and accept o' ane indulgence frae him, hurled to him as a bane to a colly dog, binding himself to think as he thinks, and to preach as he wulls it; and to flatter tyranny in church and state, to win a paltry boon!
动词 v.
  1. To make black, as with coal. archaic,transitive
    — Thou hast not collied thy face enough, stinkard
形容词 adj.
  1. Black as coal. UK,dialectal
    — four colly birds

词形变化

collier comparative colliest superlative collies present,singular,third-person collying participle,present collied participle,past collied past kelly alternative collies plural kelly alternative

词汇关系

相关词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English coly, from Old English *coliġ, from Proto-West Germanic *kolig, equivalent to coal + -y. Doublet of coaly.
词源 2
From Middle English *colien, variant of *colwen (attested in Middle English colwed and colwinge), from Old English *colgian. More at collow.
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