| 释义 |
tol-lol, a. slang.|ˌtɒlˈlɒl|
Also toll-loll.
[f. the first syllable of tolerable, with riming extension.]
Tolerable, pretty good, pretty well, passable, ‘middling’.
1797A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl (1813) V. 137 Our lady did nothing..but stare at you all supper time; and he says you looked very toll-loll. 1809Sporting Mag. XXXIII. 278 Lounged to the theatre..Kemble toll-loll. 1835Marryat Olla Podr. iii, ‘And how does..Maria find herself?’.. At last there was a reply. ‘Oh! tol, lol!’
Hence tol-ˈlol-ish a.
1840H. Cockton Valentine Vox xxvii. 210 ‘And the ladies, how are they?’ ‘Why, they're only tollolish. You know what women are.’ 1866Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 296 Two friends, who seemed rather tol-lol⁓ish. 1911Couch True Tilda ix, How do my bantlings find themselves this morning? Tol-lollish I trust. |