poddy
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
- An unbranded calf.
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A hand-fed calf or lamb (a young animal needing milk or milk-substitute).
— I did not turn to ascertain who it might be, but trusted it was no one of importance, as the poddy and I presented rather a grotesque appearance.
- An immature mullet.
动词 v.
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To hand-feed (a young animal).
— 1907, Barbara Baynton, Human Toll, 2007, Echo Library, page 110, ‘Ell ov a trouble t′ poddy, miss, them lambs, but Queeby used t′ poddy any Gord′s quantity’ remarked Nungi.
形容词 adj.
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Of or pertaining to a pod or pods.
— 1944, New Mexico State University Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station, New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Issues 318-329, page 88, […] the second cutting each season was allowed to become poddy, i.e., to set seed pods.
- Fat, corpulent.
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Fed by hand.
— One of my half-starved poddy calves was very ill, and I went out to doctor it previous to bathing and tidying myself for my finishing household duties.
词汇关系
衍生词
词源
词源 1
From pod + -y.
词源 2
From pod + -y.
词源 3
From pod + -y.
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