ruddy

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹʌdi/    美 /ˈɹʌdi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ruddy duck. informal
    — In winter, snow geese land at West Pond, a Robert Moses legacy that ought to be called Duck Soup: at this time of year look for ruddies, greater scaups, Northern pintails, American widgeons and gadwalls.
  2. A ruddy ground dove. informal
    — Ground doves — two ruddies are shown here — are so called because they feed on the ground.
动词 v.
  1. To make reddish in colour. transitive
    — The sunset ruddied our faces.
形容词 adj.
  1. Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
    — Drystone walls, farm buildings and stone cottages, roofed with ruddy tiles, line the way and blend gently into the surrounding countryside.
  2. Robust and vigorous, like a person with a red complexion (as compared to a pale one).
    — in ruddy health
  3. A mild intensifier, expressing irritation. Australia,UK,not-comparable,slang
    — "Sister?" I inquired. "She ain't 'ere," a man's voice said. "What's more," it went on, "she ain't been 'ere for ruddy hours, neither. Can't you pull them ruddy curtains, mate, and let's 'ave some flippin' light?"
副词 adv.
  1. A mild intensifier, expressing irritation. UK,not-comparable,slang
    — “So, you made quite a splash on Question Time, my homeless pal,” he continued. “Ruddy hilarious. Ha ha ha!”

词形变化

ruddier comparative ruddiest superlative ruddies plural ruddies present,singular,third-person ruddying participle,present ruddied participle,past ruddied past

词汇关系

近义词
bally bleeding blimming bloody blooming
衍生词
ruddily ruddiness ruddy diver ruddyish ruddy Nora ruddy shelduck ruddy-tailed flycatcher ruddy turnstone

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-der.
Old English rudu
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Old English rudiġ
Middle English rody
English ruddy
Inherited from Middle English rody, from Old English rudiġ (“reddish; ruddy”), from rudu + -iġ. By surface analysis, rud (“redness”) + -y. Compare Icelandic roði (“redness”).
The British slang sense expressing irritation is presumably a euphemism for bloody.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-der.
Old English rudu
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Old English rudiġ
Middle English rody
English ruddy
Inherited from Middle English rody, from Old English rudiġ (“reddish; ruddy”), from rudu + -iġ. By surface analysis, rud (“redness”) + -y. Compare Icelandic roði (“redness”).
The British slang sense expressing irritation is presumably a euphemism for bloody.
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-der.
Old English rudu
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Old English rudiġ
Middle English rody
English ruddy
Inherited from Middle English rody, from Old English rudiġ (“reddish; ruddy”), from rudu + -iġ. By surface analysis, rud (“redness”) + -y. Compare Icelandic roði (“redness”).
The British slang sense expressing irritation is presumably a euphemism for bloody.
词源 4
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-der.
Old English rudu
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Old English rudiġ
Middle English rody
English ruddy
Inherited from Middle English rody, from Old English rudiġ (“reddish; ruddy”), from rudu + -iġ. By surface analysis, rud (“redness”) + -y. Compare Icelandic roði (“redness”).
The British slang sense expressing irritation is presumably a euphemism for bloody.
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