specky

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of spectacular mark. Australia,informal
    — ‘Snake was just talking about you, said you take a mean specky,’ she said. Adam felt his face colour. His marking skills weren′t that great.
  2. One who wears spectacles. attributive,informal,often
    — I am also honorary president of the SPFG (Society for People who are Famous for their Glasses). […] Our latest idea is 'outing' - putting up posters to force people to admit they're secret speckies. Our first target is the Queen, who only ever sneaks hers on to read the Opening of Parliament.
形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling a speck, minuscule.
    — 19thC, John Ruskin, in 1909, The Works of John Ruskin, Volume 37, page 116, Far mightier, he, than any planet ; burning with his own planetary host doubtless round him ; and, on some speckiest of the specks of them, evangelical persons thinking our sun was made for them.
  2. Spectacular. informal,not-comparable
  3. Marked with specks; speckled.
    — The window panes grow speckier hour by hour, / The parlour dust is thickening inch by inch.

词形变化

speckier comparative speckiest superlative speckies plural speckies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
speckiness

词源

词源 1
From speck + -y.
词源 2
Clipping of spectacular + -y.
词源 3
Clipping of spectacles (“eyeglasses”) + -y.
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