dandy
英 ['dændɪ]
美 ['dændi]
adj. 上等的，极好的（口语）；服装华丽的
n. 花花公子；好打扮的人
n. (Dandy)人名；(英、法)丹迪
TEM8GRE低频词扩展词汇
中文词源
dandy 好打扮的男人词源不详，可能来自Andrew的昵称，用来指好打扮的男人。比较gussy.
英文词源
dandydandy: [18] The first record of the word dandy comes in Scottish border ballads of the late 18th century, but by the early 19th century it had become a buzz term in fashionable London society. It is generally explained as being an abbreviation of jack-a-dandy ‘affected man’, a word first recorded in the 17th century which apparently incorporates Dandy, a colloquial Scottish abbreviation of the name Andrew. The word’s adjectival use started in the 19th century in close semantic relationship to the noun – ‘affectedly trim or neat’ – but American English has rehabilitated it to ‘excellent’ in the 20th century.=> andrewdandy (n.)c. 1780, of uncertain origin; it first appeared in a Scottish border ballad:I've heard my granny crackO' sixty twa years backWhen there were sic a stock of Dandies Oetc. In that region, Dandy is diminutive of Andrew (as it was in Middle English generally). The word was in vogue in London c. 1813-1819. His female counterpart was a dandizette (1821) with French-type ending. The adjective dandy first recorded 1792; very popular c. 1880-1900. Related: Dandified; dandify.
双语例句
1. There's a zoo round here? That's dandy for my kids. 这附近有个动物园？我的孩子们一定会很高兴的。 来自柯林斯例句
2. Some abnormal fetuses ( such as water head , Dandy - Walker's syndrome etc ) showed significant extension of WPCF. 部分畸形胎儿如脑积水 、 典型Dandy -Walker 综合症等WPCF明显增宽. 来自互联网
3. I know him to be nothing but a man of pleasure, a dandy who has given himself up to the relentless pursuit of sensual pleasure. 我知道他是一个放荡的人, 一个不顾一切、死心塌地地追求情欲之欢的花花公子. 来自《简明英汉词典》
4. He was handsome and a dandy. 他英俊潇洒，还是个衣着讲究的时髦绅士。 来自辞典例句
5. He says it's a dandy. " 他说那船很漂亮. ” 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹