piddle英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Piss: urine. Australia,UK,euphemistic,slang

— The spunk with his piddle comes bubbling.
A piss: an act of urination. Australia,UK,euphemistic,slang

— Piddle, urine; occ. the act of making water.
Nonsense or a trivial matter. UK,figuratively

— It's the alteration of the little words that makes all the difference between Poetry & piddle.

动词 v.

(Often followed by about or around): to act or work ineffectually and wastefully. intransitive

— […] neuer ceaſinge piddeling about theyr bowe and ſhaftes, when they be well, […]
Synonym of peck: to attack or eat with a beak. intransitive,obsolete

— As [Mahomet] was preaching... there commeth a doue flying towards him, & alighteth vpon his shoulder, and pidleth in his eare, looking for meate, hauing vsed her before to feede in his eare for the same purpose.
Synonym of nibble: to pick at or toy with one's food, to eat slowly or insubstantially. Southern-US,intransitive,often

— Diseases... that make them eate nothing at all, or else they doe but piddle and trifle.
To urinate. Australia,Namibia,South-Africa,UK,euphemistic

— Ha, ha, ha, Paddy shit in his breaches, ha, ha, ha, I shall laugh till I piddle myself.

词形变化

piddles plural piddel alternative,obsolete pidle alternative,obsolete piddles present,singular,third-person piddling participle,present piddled participle,past piddled past piddel alternative,obsolete pidle alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词

piddle away piddle pack piddlepants piddler piddling piddly piffle

词源

词源 1

Unknown. Compare regional German piddlen, pitteln, pütteln, pühteln (“to pick at something, pick at one's food”), dialectal German Pitzel (“small effort, small task”). Alternatively, perhaps originally from paw or put + -le (suffix forming verbs involving continuous or repeated movement). In later use, a euphemistic diminutive of piss, though not directly related to it. The noun derives from the verb.

词源 2

Unknown. Compare regional German piddlen, pitteln, pütteln, pühteln (“to pick at something, pick at one's food”), dialectal German Pitzel (“small effort, small task”). Alternatively, perhaps originally from paw or put + -le (suffix forming verbs involving continuous or repeated movement). In later use, a euphemistic diminutive of piss, though not directly related to it. The noun derives from the verb.