nelly

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /nɛli/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person's life. Cockney,slang
  2. An effeminate homosexual man. derogatory,slang
  3. A silly person. UK,slang
  4. A giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus and Macronectes halli.
形容词 adj.
  1. Unmanly; effeminate. slang
    — From Christopher Street to Castro Street, these men are peddling the same message. I'm butch, a macho man. Well, it ain't necessarily so. In fact, as a general rule of thumb, the butcher the get-up, the nellier the wearer.

词形变化

nellies plural nellies plural nellier comparative nelliest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
high nelly high-nelly nervous-nelly nervous nelly nice-nelly wet nelly

词源

词源 1
Shortened from Nelly Duff, for puff, i.e. breath of life.
词源 2
From the woman's name Nelly.
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