shindy

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shindig. countable,uncountable
    — She and Eileen are giving a shindy for Gladys—that's Gerald's new acquisition, you know. So if you don't mind butting into a baby-show we'll run down.
  2. An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot. countable,slang,uncountable
    — "[…] I've married her. And I know there will be an awful shindy at home."
  3. hockey; shinney countable,uncountable
    — […] what is even more disgusting still, I have seen children playing at "shindy" in a Churchyard, a skull used as a substitute for a ball, and large fragments of leg or arm-bones in the place of sticks.
  4. A fancy or liking. US,countable,dated,dialectal,uncountable
    — "Father took a wonderful shindy to her, for even old men can't help liking beauty. […]"

词形变化

shindies plural shindys plural

词源

Uncertain; compare shinney, shinty. Tentatively suggested to be a compound of the Irish words seinn (“play, sing”) and tí (“house”).
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