释义 |
stushie Sc.|ˈstʌʃɪ, ˈstɪʃɪ)| Also stashie, stishie. [Origin unknown.] A disturbance, uproar, row, fracas.
1824G. Smith Douglas Travestie 12 Mony an aukward stashie was he in. 1840G. Webster Ingliston xxviii. 289 The haill toun's been in a stushie about it. 1926‘H. MacDiarmid’ Penny Wheep 8, I lo'e the stishie o' Earth in space. 1959M. Pugh Chancer 68 Big trouble from the film company... They're in a stushy. Some of the survivors started creating hell about the film. 1973People's Jrnl. (Inverness & Northern Counties ed.) 24 Nov. 17/4 (heading) Army ‘Samaritans’ caused a stushie on the road to Durness. 1980G. Hammond Reward Game vii. 96 Do you still want Briesland House, or did this morning's stishie put you off it for life? |