| 释义 |
lordy, int. orig. U.S.
= lord n. 6 c. Also lordy me (= lord help me).
1853Southern Lit. Messenger Oct. 602/2 On the sofa..you sank down and bounded up and said Lordy! 1857Knickerbocker L. 236 O Lordy me Sir! I'm so dreadful afeard you're both on you Dorrites! 1897R. M. Stuart In Simpkinsville 155 Lordy, but it all takes my breath away. 1926S. Anderson Let. 25 Apr. in R. L. White S. Anderson/G. Stein (1972) 52 It was a beautiful story, beautifully done. Lordy but that man can write. 1928Sat. Even. Post 12 May 20/3 But seven hundred dollars and his pocket piece back again! Phew! Lordy! 1959N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 198 Well, Lordy-me..I could introduce you to a good many of us. 1968Melody Maker 30 Nov. 25/7, I have..seen many blues groups and have yet to hear one shouting ‘Lordy, Lordy, yes’. 1973Bulletin (Sydney) 25 Aug. 44/2 Oh lordy, that buffet car. 1973E. Taylor Serpent under It (1974) xiv. 209 Lordy, ma—if you pamper me like this you'll unfit me for ordinary existence. 1974N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 88 A kidnapping... And lordy, it's the child of a magistrate. |