Larry Dooley

短语

发音

AU

别名

larry-dooley

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A beating, a hiding, a ticking-off; aggro.

    澳大利亚 俚语 不可数
  2. 2.

    Extra effort; extra impetus; enthusiastic aggression.

    澳大利亚 非正式 俚语 不可数

    As they came down the home straight, the jockey gave his horse Larry Dooley.

  3. 3.

    Pain, gyp.

    澳大利亚 俚语 不可数

词源

After Larry Dooley, an otherwise forgotten early boxer, or possibly the better remembered Larry Foley. Popularised by cricket commentator Richie Benaud when describing aggressive batsmen.

来源：wiktionary