| 释义 |
fiddlededee, int. and n.|ˌfɪd(ə)ldɪˈdiː|
[f. fiddle n. or v., used in a contemptuous sense with a nonsensical appendage.]
A. int. Nonsense!
a1784Johnson in Boswell's Life (1848) Appdx. 837/1 All he [Johnson] said was, ‘Fiddle-de-dee, my dear’. 1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan I. 182 Fiddle-de-dee then; I'll venter it! 1865Trollope Belton Est. xxix. 352 ‘He is a man very estimable’..‘Fiddle-de-dee. He is an ape,—a monkey.’
B. n. Nonsense, absurdity.
1843Ainsworth's Mag. IV. 176 A large bundle of the latest fiddlededees of ladies' rattletraps hot from London. c1848J. R. Planché & Dance Blue Beard i. 6 Don't believe him, it's all fiddlededee. |