英:[ˈdædi]
美:[ˈdædi]
英:[ˈdædi]
美:[ˈdædi]
dad·dy
dae di
复数:daddies
词根:dad
n.dad 爸爸;爹爹
dada 爸爸(等于dad)
big daddy[俚]同类中最大;最重要的人;最重要的物
sugar daddy[美俚]甜爹(施恩或送贵重礼品以博取年轻女人欢心的老色迷)
15世纪中叶,“ dad ”的俚语爱称,搭配 -y (3)。 1949年出现了“ daddy-o ”俚语,源自于爵士说唱。
“ Daddy-long-legs ”在英国由来已久,最早见于1814年,指的是苍蝇一类细长的夏季昆虫。在美国,到了1865年它被用来表示一种类似于蜘蛛的蛛形动物,具有小圆身体和极长细腿。
A superstition obtains among our cow-boys that if a cow be lost, its whereabouts may be learned by inquiring of the Daddy-Long-legs (Phalangium), which points out the direction of the lost animal with one of its fore legs. [Frank Cowan, "Curious Facts in the History of Insects, Including Spiders and Scorpions," Philadelphia, 1865]
我们的牛仔们中存在一种迷信观念,即如果一头牛丢失了,可以问“Daddy-Long-legs”(长腿爸爸)它指出失去的动物的方向。[弗兰克·科万 Frank Cowan,《昆虫,包括蜘蛛和蝎子在内的有趣历史事实》,费城,1865年]
The first known use of daddy was in 1523
daffodilnoun
any of various herbs that produce long slender leaves and flowers from an overwintering bulb in the springespecially: one with petals whose inner parts are arranged to form a trumpet-shaped tube compare jonquil, narcissus
daffodilnoun
any of various herbs that produce long slender leaves and flowers from an overwintering bulb in the springespecially: one with petals whose inner parts are arranged to form a trumpet-shaped tube compare jonquil, narcissus
daemon
dadonoun
the part of a pedestal of a column above the base
daddynoun
father entry 1 sense 1a
1 “I don’t want to appear prideful,” she said, “but my daddy was a very rich man. A very rich man.”
2 Daddy, I won two of the races!
爸爸,我赢了两场比赛!
3 He told me he had lots of candy in his daddy’s barn.
4 I'll tell Daddy, and then you'll be sorry because he'll give you another black eye.
我会告诉爸爸,到时候有你好受的,因为爸爸会再揍你一顿。
5 I had sense enough to know my daddy really needed me to be home working the garden.
6 Look at me, Daddy!...
爸爸,快看我!
7 Now let's play ball with Daddy!
现在我们和爸爸玩球吧!
8 The mayor sits up there showing people he’s big daddy and in control.
9 “Sure did. Your Great-Grampy JonJon and Uncle Jack grew up there as well, believe it or not. When his mother died, JonJon moved back to that house and raised my daddy in it.”
10 And Carol Lee’s daddy was teaching her how to drive since Scrappy never would.
11 Like everybody else, Aunt Loma was relieved that her daddy was better.
12 We can't help but laugh each time our daddy tells us the names of his brothers and sisters.
13 And I never heard any Tweedy, not even my own daddy, try to correct the impression.
14 I was proud he wasn’t lazy like his own daddy, who spent the summer days on his porch swatting flies and even had him a pet hen to peck up the dead ones.
15 “Your daddy didn’t get the life beat out of him for you to go waltzing around the city, inviting them to do the same to you.”
16 He sat down next to me and leaned into me the same as I was leaning into my daddy.
17 I swear my granddaddy didn’t look more’n eight or ten years older than my daddy.
18 “Bristol showed up at the yellow house, all in my daddy’s face, askin’ all kinds of questions.
19 “I hadn’t realized I hadn’t been in here before. Wait, I take that back. I was definitely in here when it was your daddy’s room.”
20 “You don’t dig the blues, do you, daddy?”