| 释义 |
toots slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.).|tʊtz|
Also Toots.
[Prob. abbrev. of tootsy 2.]
A woman, a girl; freq. used as a familiar form of address, esp. to a female.
1936Amer. Speech XI. 375/2 Toots used to be used in families here and there as a nickname, or a term of endearment, the vowel sounded as in ‘boots’... Is this term the ancestor of the present mode of address in ‘O.K., toots!’, ‘Hello, toots!’ etc., the vowel shortened into that of ‘full’? 1936Mademoiselle Jan. 63 Out here everyone who isn't ‘Toots’ or ‘Cookie’ is ‘Darling’. 1941H. A. Smith Low Man iii. 30, I..raised my hand in a clumsy wave and cried out: ‘Hiya, toots!’... I had called J. P. Morgan ‘toots’ to his face. 1946E. Linklater Private Angelo xii. 143 ‘Hiya, toots,’ repeated the Count. ‘I like that. It is the felicitous expression of a young people who are making their own language.’ 1951J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge iii. 565 ‘Wasting it on you, Toots,’ said Smith reproachfully. 1975New Yorker 29 Dec. 33/2 ‘Hi, toots,’ Ducky said in Donald's voice a few minutes later to a tiny girl. 1981G. Hammond Revenge Game xv. 161 Maybe it's in his mind to come back for you and dig a quiet grave... How does that grab you, Toots? |