| 释义 |
goosey|ˈguːsɪ|
Also goosy, goosie.
[f. goose n. + -y.]
A childish or playful diminutive of goose n., applied to persons. Also goosey-goosey, goosey-gander (from the nursery rime ‘Goosey, goosey, gander, Whither did you wander?’).
a1816Wolcot (P. Pindar) Elegy Wks. 1816 IV. 368 Or where wert thou, O goddess of the fiddle? To suffer Air to join with Goosy Gander, Cock Robin, Horner, and High-diddle diddle. 1842in Halliwell Nursery Rhymes 92 Goosy goosy gander! Where shall I wander? 1852Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. i. 8 Do you think all the world are set on him as you are, you goosie? 1862H. Kingsley Ravenshoe xlvii, That goosey-gander Alwright. 1868F. Locker Nice Correspondent! iv, His bride was a goosey! 1878M. E. Jackson Chaperon's Cares I. xi. 150 ‘Dare say you do, but I am not such a goosey-goosey.’ |