biddy

FREQ #32107

n. 小鸡, 母鸡, 下女, 女佣

发音

其它 /ˈbɪdi/

词形变化

biddies 复数 more biddy 比较级 most biddy 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody.

    贬义

    1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure That Mich drag Loretta sent me about 10 pictures of her so I wouldn't think her a "decrepit old lady." But too bad—she looked like someone's biddy aunt.

  2. 2.

    An attractive girl.

  3. 3.

    An Irish maidservant.

    古体 非正式
  4. 4.

    An Irishwoman.

    贬义 引申义
  5. 5.

    A name used in calling a hen or chicken, often as "biddy-biddy-biddy".

  6. 1.

    Breasts.

    复数形式

    It ain't like you ain't never seen these tig ole biddies before.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Alternative spelling of bitty (“very small”).

    美国

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

chick hen

上位词 1

chicken

下位词 6

layer sitter broody cackler mother hen pullet

相关短语

red biddy

词源

Derived from Biddy, diminutive form of Bridget. It became a generic name for an Irish maid (US), and then for an old woman.

来源：wiktionary