doozy

FREQ #28980

a. <美俚>非常出色的人（物）的, 非常显眼的

发音

US /ˈduːzi/

词形变化

doozies 复数 doozies doozier 比较级 doozier dooziest dooziest 最高级

别名

doozer doozie duesey duesy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.

    美国 非正式

    Most of the test was easy, but the last question was a doozy.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of high quality; remarkable; excellent.

    美国 过时 俚语
  2. 2.

    Sporty, ostentatious, flashy.

    美国 过时 俚语

词源

Unknown. First appearance 1903. Perhaps from daisy (“the flower”) (Rudyard Kipling used daisy in this sense) or the name of Italian actress Eleonora Duse. The automobile manufacturer Duesenberg is often erroneously cited as the origin, but the word existed more than a decade earlier. Alternatively, possibly from Polish duży, but this is chronologically unlikely and not attested in period sources.

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