possie

n. <澳俚>职位,职务,差事

发音

AU

词形变化

possies 复数 possies

别名

pozzy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A firing position.

    澳大利亚 新西兰 俚语 政治 军事
  2. 2.

    A position or place, especially one that is advantageous.

    澳大利亚 新西兰 非正式

    1984, Garrie Hutchinson, A Practice Game at the Old Home Ground, from From the Outer, reprinted 2001, David Headon (editor), The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection, page 289, The fans seem happy to be back, finding their formerly favourite possies in the stands, or around the strangely sunken perimeter fence.

    1998, Business Review Weekly, Volume 20, Issues 47-49, page 102, Of course, it helps if you are very rich and regularly pay more than $40,000 for a couture outfit to be guaranteed of a near-front-row possie at the bi-annual parades (winter and summer collections).

词源

From position + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

来源：wiktionary