| 释义 |
richie, n. slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.).|ˈrɪtʃɪ|
Also richy.
[f. rich a. + -ie.]
A wealthy person, esp. one who is young. (Usu. contemptuous.)
1966W. Haggard Power House ii. 14 So this was the modern richie, the left-leaning millionaire. 1978Detroit Free Press 2 Apr. (Detroit Suppl.) 9/2 ‘I don't disguise myself,’ Smith says, ‘but I never show the same face twice, I play any role from bum to richy-type.’ 1979Globe & Mail (Toronto) 29 Sept. 11/6 The thrust for the bylaw came from ‘summer people, richies and university profs’. 1986Shetland Times 14 Nov. 19 She and her non-conformist friends despise the wealthy students, or ‘richies’, as they call them. 1986Cambridge (Mass.) Chron. 6 Mar. 3a/3 Her only chance of going to the prom is her budding relationship with Blaine.., a ‘richie’. |