| 释义 |
ˈOxfordy, a.
[f. Oxford + -y1.]
Oxfordish, Oxonian.
1924D. H. Lawrence in Criterion Oct. 27 It was his manner, his rather Oxfordy manner, more than anything else, that went beyond her. 1927in Lett. Gertrude Bell I. i. 12 My sister..begged me to send Gertrude to stay with them for the winter..opining that frequenting foreign diplomatic Society might be a help for Gertrude ‘to get rid of her Oxfordy manner’. a1935T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) ii. iii. 108 The rough end of the hut tries to copy the accent he displays when he reads our nominal roll. It's an Oxfordy drawl. 1959Encounter Aug. 74/1 This deliciously fat Oxfordy volume. |