butty

n. （英）三明治；伙伴；监工

发音

其它 /ˈbʊti/
UK /ˈbʌti/
US /ˈbʌti/

词形变化

butties 复数 buttied butties 三单 buttying buttying 现在分词 buttied 过去式 buttied 过去分词 more butty 比较级 most butty 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sandwich, usually with a hot or cold savoury filling buttered in a barmcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg.

    爱尔兰 新西兰 英国

    Let's have a bacon butty!

  2. 1.

    A friend.

    英国 非正式
  3. 2.

    A miner who works under contract, receiving a fixed amount per ton of coal or ore.

    商务 采矿
  4. 3.

    A workmate.

    英国 非正式
  5. 4.

    A drudge; a cat's paw; someone who does the hard work; someone who is being taken advantage of by someone else.

    英国 古体 方言

    Ah didn't play butty, ah promise yer. Yo all on yer mek the poor lad yer butty.

  6. 5.

    One of a pair of shoes or gloves.

    古体

    I've fund one shoe, but canna see the butty no-weer.

v.
  1. 1.

    To work together; to keep company with.

    英国 古体 方言

    I butty with Jackson.

  2. 2.

    To cohabit; to reside with another as a couple.

    古体

    Did'n'ee 'ear as Jim Tunkiss brought three children to the parish? I reckon 'e inna married, but 'e's bin buttyin' along o' one o' them Monsells.

  3. 3.

    To act in concert with intent to defraud; to play unfairly.

    古体
adj.
  1. 1.

    Resembling a heavy cart.

    爱尔兰 过时

    Shall it be a giggy thing, or a carty thing, or a butty thing?

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

sandwich

相关短语

bacon butty chip butty

词源

Clipping of buttered sandwich or bun + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian Buutje (“buttered bread (sandwich)”).

来源：wiktionary