| 释义 |
toey, a. slang (chiefly Austral.).|ˈtəʊɪ|
[f. toe n. + -y1.]
Restive, anxious, touchy.
1930Bulletin (Sydney) 8 Oct. 35/2 Wise Force [sc. a horse] was ‘toey’ before the race, and behaved in alarming fashion on his way to and at the post. 1961Coast to Coast 1959–60 47 And the other umpire a bit toey out there at square leg. 1968K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 91 He knew that the roos were toey, and, as they were drinking on the opposite side, they would be gone as soon as he moved a muscle. 1969C. Drummond Odds on Death viii. 175 The horse seemed to him a bit on the toey side. He looked down to see if saliva was dripping. 1974Sydney Morning Herald 1 Jan. 2 He's that toey he's got us all nervous, too. 1981National Times (Austral.) 25–31 Jan. 24/3 Dallas Jongs..had a hotel bouncer friend who could get as toey as a Roman sandal. |