billy

FREQ #1341

n. 警棍, 伙伴

发音

US /ˈbɪli/

词形变化

billies 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A fellow, companion, comrade, mate; partner, brother.

  2. 2.

    A good friend.

  3. 3.

    A billy goat.

    1970 August, Valerius Geist, Mountain Goat Mysteries, Field & Stream, page 62, Then, during three days, I was amazed to see nannies with kids attack and chase off large billies.

  4. 4.

    A silk handkerchief.

    英国 废旧 俚语
  5. 1.

    A highwayman's club, billy club.

  6. 2.

    A slubbing or roving machine.

  7. 3.

    A tin with a swing handle used to boil tea over an open fire; a billycan; a billypot.

    澳大利亚 新西兰

    Let's get the billy and cook some beans.

  8. 4.

    A bong for smoking marijuana.

    澳大利亚 俚语
  9. 5.

    A condom.

    俚语

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词源

Of obscure origin. Perhaps a variant of bully (“companion, mate, comrade”). Compare Scots billie (“a comrade; companion”). Compare also Middle Low German billig (“equitable, reasonable, lawful, fitting, according to natural law, just”).

来源:wiktionary