| 释义 |
budgeree, a. Austral. colloq.|ˈbʌdʒərɪ|
Also boojery, budger(r)y.
[Native word: cf. next.]
Good, excellent.
1793J. Hunter Port Jackson viii. 213 They very frequently, at the conclusion of the dance, would apply to us..for marks of our approbation..which we never failed to give by often repeating the word boojery, which signifies good; or boojery caribberie, a good dance. 1832T. L. Mitchell Jrnl. 3 Jan. in Three Expeds. E. Australia (1838) I. 63 In vain did Dawkins address them thus, ‘What for you jerran budgerry whitefellow?’ 1850Househ. Words I. 476/2 They..spoke in a friendly strain; Budgery Master always gibit bullock along im Black fellow. 1918Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 268/1 Instead of being ‘bong’, he was ‘budgerie’ (all right). 1966W. S. Ramson Austral. Eng. vi. 105 Except, perhaps, in the north and west of Australia, budgeree has passed out of use. |