dandy

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.
    — The gallant young Indian dandy at home on furlough — immense dandies these — chained and moustached — driving in tearing cabs, the pillars of the theatres, living at West End Hotels, — […]
  2. A boatman, a rower. India
    — Our Dandees (or boatmen) boyled their rice.
  3. Something excellent in its class.
  4. A Shaiva mendicant who carries a small rod. India
    — ...the Dandis, distinguished by carrying a small dand or wand...
  5. A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl. UK
  6. An open sedan chair formed by suspending a rudimentary frame or strong cloth from a pole or set of poles. India
    — 1870, Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming, Good Words, p. 135:
  7. A dandy roller.
  8. A small glass of whisky. Ireland,UK,archaic,slang
    — Somebody quite as notorious as Brummell, but whose follies have been far more mischievous; whose eloquence is great, but certainly not always refined; and to whose health many a dandy of whisky has been tossed off.
  9. A horse-drawn railway carriage used on some branch lines. historical
    — Other notable instances of horse-drawn vehicles for passenger services were the dandies used on the two-mile branch to Inchture of the Perth-Dundee line of the Caledonian Railway […], and the 2½-mile branch of the North British Railway from Drumburgh to Port Carlisle. […] One of the Port Carlisle dandies was preserved at Waverley Station, Edinburgh, for several years, but is now in the Railway Museum at York.
形容词 adj.
  1. Like a dandy, foppish.
  2. Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
    — That's all fine and dandy, but how much does it cost?
  3. Excellent; first-rate.
    — What a dandy little laptop you have.

词形变化

dandies plural dandier comparative dandiest superlative dandies plural dandi alternative dandie alternative dandee alternative

词汇关系

近义词
barbermonger beau blade blood buck carpet knight cockscomb dandy dike dood dude dudelet exquisite fashionable fast man fine gentleman fop foretop fribble gallant go jack-a-dandy Jemmy-Jessamy jetter macaroni masher metrosexual mignon petit maître popinjay pretty boy prig puss-gentleman smart spark spiff swell tippy toff
反义词
puritan untidy person
上位词
effeminate man fashionable person man
下位词
dandyling dapperling fopling peacock turkeycock
衍生词
dandily dandiness dandy as candy dandy-horse dandy horse dandy roll dandy-roll dandy-roller dandy shandy dandy stick dandy up fine and dandy fine and dandy like sour candy handy dandy handy-dandy jack-a-dandy jim dandy jim-dandy
相关词
boulevardier man about town beautiful man flirt sensualist foppish idler dandy-wallah randy-dandy
并列词
dandyess

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Scots dandy (“a fop; one who is well-dressed”). Of uncertain origin.
Possibly from Dandy, a diminutive of Andrew, yet the Scots word is used also in reference to women. Alternatively, possibly a back-formation of Scots dandilly, dandillie (“one who is spoiled or pampered; a "pet"”). Compare English dandle and dander.
词源 2
From Hindi डंडी (ḍaṇḍī, “rod, pole”), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀺𑀕𑀸 (ḍaṃḍigā), from Sanskrit दण्डिका (daṇḍikā), from दण्ड (daṇḍa) + -इका (-ikā).
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