paddy

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested. countable,uncountable
    — Taking out a handful of paddy the old woman exclaimed, “Look how good this paddy is! It is called Malbhog – it makes excellent puffed rice.”
  2. A fit of temper; a tantrum.
    — throw a paddy etc.
  3. A snowy sheathbill.
  4. A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. countable
  5. A white person. slang
    — You know what I like best about paddy chicks? They give good head. Black broads don’t know nothing about giving head. I don’t know why. Might be it has something to do with some ancient tribal custom.
  6. A labourer's assistant or workmate. England,colloquial
  7. A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.
形容词 adj.
  1. Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. obsolete
    — Even after the expiration of four months the condition of the paddy persons continued most destitute. The English soldiers became mere barefoot starving beggars in the streets[…]

词形变化

paddies plural more paddy comparative most paddy superlative paddies plural paddies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
paddy bird paddy hat paddyland paddymelon rice paddy herb

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Malay padi (“paddy plant”). Doublet of palay.
词源 2
English dialect paddy (“worm-eaten”).
词源 3
Possibly from Paddy (“Irishman”).
词源 4
Perhaps after the paddy bird, or egret.
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