| 释义 |
looey N. Amer. slang.|ˈluːɪ|
Also looie, louie.
[f. lieutenant with pronunc. (luː) + -y6, -ie.]
A lieutenant.
1916Rio Grande Rattler 11 Oct. 5 The ‘Looey’ gaily saunters from his tent. 1920J. Dos Passos One Man's Initiation: 1917 vii. 86 Our louie's name's Duval. 1928W. H. Upson Me & Henry & Artillery 120 Then the looeys started hollering to the sergeants. 1935A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 73/1 Looie, a police lieutenant. 1942M. Hargrove See Here, Private Hargrove lxiii. 182 How would you like a second looey's commission? 1967I. A. Baraka in W. King Black Short Story Anthol. (1972) 119 Jimmy Lassiter, first looie. 1974Weekend Mag. (Montreal) 27 Apr. 10/1 One scrap of the rarely-talked-about reality: after being a private 14 months, Angus was commissioned in the field as second looey. |