| 单词 | queer fellow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasqueer fellow queer fellow n. (a) chiefly Irish English and Nautical, an odd or eccentric person, a ‘character’; (b) slang (originally Military), a person in command or in charge. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > oddness > odd person singularist1593 singularitan1615 queer fellow1712 oddity1731 unaccountable1748 character1773 rum1788 eccentric1832 card1835 card1853 hard case1892 queer shot1900 rummy1909 hard thing1918 hardshot1924 quaint1939 odd bod1942 oddball1943 joker in the pack1963 quirky1975 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > sailor with specific quality run1695 queer fellow1883 fowl1937 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > eccentric sailor queer fellow1883 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > overseer or foreman > one who happens to be in charge queer fellow1910 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 474. ⁋2 Let me be known all at once for a queer Fellow, and avoided. 1814 F. Burney Wanderer II. xxvii. 186 I merely meant to play upon that confounded queer fellow, Riley. He's so cursed troublesome, and so confounded free, that I hate him horribly. 1883 J. F. T. Keane On Blue-water 212 Remembering that incident, the ‘queer-fellow's’ disappearance didn't alarm me very much. 1910 D. W. Bone Brassbounder 64 D'ye think th' queer-fella' is goin' t' pay them prices for 'is kit? 1932 J. W. Harris Days of Endeavour 17 No matter what ship you serves your time in, you'll find there'll be a queer-feller. 1958 M. Procter Man in Ambush xii. 134 Mobsters, queer fellows, bar flies and layabouts. 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1240/2 The queer fella, the person that happens to be in command: Regular Army: late c. 19–20. 1962 W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 93/2 Queer fella, any merchant seaman who does not conform to the average type. A nautical eccentric. 1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse ii. 87 Whur's ther queer feller? Where is the boss or foreman whose name I don't know? 1990 B. Roche Poor Beast in Rain i. 5 Big Red O'Neill tossed his jersey out into the crowd after the Leinster Final and the queer fella here was the one that caught it. < as lemmas |
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