英语词汇“send her down, davy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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send her down, Davy (also Hughie, etc.)

6. send her down, Davy (also Hughie, etc.) and variants: expressing a wish for rain to fall. Cf. Hughie n. slang (chiefly Australian and New Zealand).

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1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 44 Send her down, Steve!, let it rain on.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 72 David (or Davy), send it down, a soldier's greeting to a shower of rain likely to postpone a parade.

1928 L. H. Nason Sergeant Eadie xi. 321 Hurray! Send her down, Davie; no drill today!

1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 209/1 New Zealanders and Australians say send her down, Hughie!

1958 Tararua 27 The derisive phrases, ‘Send it down, Hughie’ and ‘Let it come down, Hughie’, go back to early in this century and are variants of the British military catch-phrase ‘Send it down, David’... St. Hugh has long been associated with rain.

1975 Panorama (Austral.) Nov. 2/5 ‘Send 'er down, Hughie!’ An expression in nationwide use since the turn of the century, which is..an invocation to Heaven..to send rain.

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as lemmas

单词	send her down, davy
释义	> as lemmas send her down, Davy (also Hughie, etc.) 6. send her down, Davy (also Hughie, etc.) and variants: expressing a wish for rain to fall. Cf. Hughie n. slang (chiefly Australian and New Zealand). ΚΠ 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 44 Send her down, Steve!, let it rain on. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 72 David (or Davy), send it down, a soldier's greeting to a shower of rain likely to postpone a parade. 1928 L. H. Nason Sergeant Eadie xi. 321 Hurray! Send her down, Davie; no drill today! 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 209/1 New Zealanders and Australians say send her down, Hughie! 1958 Tararua 27 The derisive phrases, ‘Send it down, Hughie’ and ‘Let it come down, Hughie’, go back to early in this century and are variants of the British military catch-phrase ‘Send it down, David’... St. Hugh has long been associated with rain. 1975 Panorama (Austral.) Nov. 2/5 ‘Send 'er down, Hughie!’ An expression in nationwide use since the turn of the century, which is..an invocation to Heaven..to send rain. extracted from sendv.¹ < as lemmas
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