pommy

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pom; a person of British descent, a Briton; an Englishman. Australia,New-Zealand,South-Africa,derogatory,often
    — Though Sir Oswald had taken on enough London veneer to be sneered at as a pommy in certain Australian circles, he had never acquired the high-class Englishman′s apparent equanimity or indifference before the prospect of cuckolding.
形容词 adj.
  1. English; British. Australia,New-Zealand,South-Africa,derogatory,not-comparable
    — A gleam of humour, a moment of beautiful pommy arrogance.
  2. Alternative form of pommee (“having round shapes on the extremities”). alt-of,alternative,not-comparable
  3. Semé of (strewn with) pommes (roundels vert). modern,not-comparable,rare
    — For quotations using this term, see Citations:pommy.

词形变化

pommies plural pommie alternative pommie alternative

词汇关系

近义词
limey

词源

词源 1
From pom + -y (“diminutive suffix”). Australian from 1912.
词源 2
From pomme + -y.
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