| 释义 |
walkies, n. pl. colloq.|ˈwɔːkɪz|
[f. walk n.1 + -ie.]
A childish or jocular form of walk used chiefly with reference to dogs. Also as quasi-advb. in phr. to go walkies.
[1932Amer. Speech VII. 242 [Jazz jargon.] Thus, we have the line ‘I Prefer the Walkies’, with its last word coined to rhyme with ‘talkies’. 1938A. Woollcott Let. 28 Jan. (1946) 163 There are now—God help me!—four black dogs to go walkee with you. ]1939A. Thirkell Before Lunch iv. 93 ‘Master's stick for walkies,’ said Mr. Middleton. ‘Fetch stick for walkies.’ 1960J. Stroud Shorn Lamb x. 119, I bring Gorm along here sometimes, for his walkies. 1979T. Barling Olympic Sleeper x. 118 That's one stray piece of information... It's gone walkies some-damned-where. 1981Sunday Express (Colour Suppl.) 26 Apr. 13/1 Before long the subject of walkies comes up. People are obsessed, Mrs Woodhouse says, with taking dogs out for walks. |