batty

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈbæti/    美 /ˈbæti/|[ˈbæɾi]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The buttocks or anus. Multicultural-London-English
    — He kick the boy down and beat the boy back and batty and leg.
  2. Obsolete form of paddy (“rice”). alt-of,obsolete
    — The rice, or batty, is sown in June, at the commencement of the periodical rains; […]
  3. A homosexual man. Canada,Jamaica,UK,derogatory
    — For example, recent Jamaican 'raga' lyrics by Buju Banton and Brand Nubian attach the affirmation of black identity to crude animosity towards homosexuality and contain offensive language against the 'batties' as icons of non-blackness.
形容词 adj.
  1. Mad, crazy, silly. slang
    — On Sunday’s David Frost Show, Baroness Thatcher looked quite batty to me, eyes rolling.
  2. Belonging to, or resembling, a bat (mammal). obsolete
    — And from each other look thou lead them thus Till o'er their brows death-counterfeiting sleep With leaden legs and batty wings doth creep.

词形变化

battier comparative battiest superlative batties plural bati alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
batshit battily battiness batty boy batty hole batty man batty rider
相关词
squirrelly

词源

词源 1
From bat + -y. In sense “insane”, attested 1903, from expression have bats in one's belfry, from tendency of bats to fly around erratically. Compare also batshit (“insane”) and squirrelly (“jumpy, eccentric”).
词源 2
From bottom, possibly influenced by botty or butt.
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