kiwi

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand. countable,uncountable
  2. Any kind of black shoe polish. Singapore,slang,uncountable
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (“a person from New Zealand”). alt-of,countable,uncountable
  4. A New Zealand dollar. countable,informal,uncountable
  5. A kiwi fruit. countable,uncountable
  6. A green-yellow colour, like that of kiwi fruit flesh (also called kiwi green). uncountable
  7. A member of the air force who does not fly. countable,slang,uncountable
    — And as its role grew in importance, ground commanders, or kiwis as they were called, made many mistakes in judgment […]
  8. A testicle. countable,plural-normally,slang,uncountable
    — Now Rex he was a Texan out of New Orleans and he travelled with the carnival shows He ran bumper cars, sucked cheap cigars and he candied up his nose He got wind of the big brown beaver so he thought he'd take himself a peek But the beaver was quick and he grabbed him by the kiwis And he ain't pissed for a week (and a half)
动词 v.
  1. To polish (boots) with black shoe polish. Singapore,slang
    — Johari Salleh: Ya, ya. Better not waste time. Must prepare, tomorrow morning got inspection. Teo Ah Beng: Ya lah, must kiwi the boots. Can borrow [lend] me your cloth? Krishnamoorthy: Ya, no problem. You better kiwi quickly. 11 pm lights off. […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (“of or from New Zealand”) alt-of,informal

词形变化

kiwi plural kiwis plural more kiwi comparative most kiwi superlative kiwis present,singular,third-person kiwiing participle,present kiwi-ing participle,present kiwied participle,past kiwied past

词汇关系

衍生词
common kiwi great spotted kiwi hardy kiwi kiwi berry kiwirita kiwitini little spotted kiwi North Island brown kiwi Okarito brown kiwi Okarito kiwi southern brown kiwi
相关词
Kiwi

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Māori kiwibor.
English kiwi
Borrowed from Māori kiwi.
词源 2
Genericized trademark from the brand of shoe polish originating in Australia, from Māori kiwi.
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