| 释义 |
mannie orig. Sc.|ˈmænɪ|
Also manny.
[f. man n. + -ie, dim. suffix.]
A little man; also applied (as a term of endearment) to a little boy. In Jewish use: see quot. 1909.
The Jewish use is perhaps a contraction of Emanuel.
a1689W. Cleland Poems (1697) 105 A puffie cheek'd red bearded mannie. 1823Lockhart Reg. Dalton I. ii. i. 193 A decent, little auld manny, in..velveteen breeches. a1828in P. Buchan Ball. N. Scotl. (1828) II. 103 Then spake the auld laird o' Kingcaussie, A canty auld mannie was he. 1886Stevenson Kidnapped 9 What'll like be your business, mannie? 1909J. R. Ware Passing Eng. 173/2 Manny (Jewish E. London), term of endearment or admiration prefixed to Jewish name, as ‘Manny Lyons’. 1914Joyce Dubliners 103 My little man! My little mannie! 1916‘Boyd Cable’ Action Front 262 ‘My manny here was good enough,’ said Macalister, ‘to tell me he wouldna' bandage my eyes.’ 1922D. H. Lawrence England, my England 154 There's too much of the little mannie about him. 1971M. West Summer of Red Wolf vi. 125 What do you want me to pack for the poor mannie? |