| 释义 |
mardy, a. dial.|ˈmɑːdɪ|
[f. mard a. + -y1.]
‘Spoilt’, sulky, whining. Also as n., a spoilt child.
1903Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 34/1 A boy who cries with pain is called by his fellows a ‘mardy baby’. 1913D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers vi. 127 ‘Now, Miriam,’ said Maurice, ‘you come an' 'ave a go.’ ‘No,’ she cried, shrinking back. ‘Ha! baby. The mardy-kid!’ said her brothers. 1915― Rainbow i. 12 Young Tom, whom he called a mardy baby. a1930― Phoenix II (1968) 170 As for Harold, he was all right. He was very respectable and a bit of a mardy, perhaps..but he was all right. 1959J. Braine Vodi i. 22 ‘Don't be so bloody soft, man,’ Tom said. ‘I don't want to go.’ ‘You're mardy. You're dead mardy.’ 1961J. I. M. Stewart Man who won Pools 35 'E were a mardy one as a nipper, our Phil. 1975D. Clark Premedicated Murder v. 83 ‘You can get all mardy about it if you like,’ said Green, unabashed. |