单词 | boetie |
释义 | boetien. South African colloquial. A brother. Also used as an affectionate or familiar form of address to any man or boy. Cf. boet n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > familiar form of address mon amic1425 matec1500 boy1532 old lad1594 old boy1602 captaina1616 mon cher1673 old chap1823 old man1828 ou maat1838 boysie1846 old top1856 boetie1867 bra1869 cocker1888 mon vieux1888 face1891 yessir1892 George1903 old sport1905 old bean1917 segotia1917 babe1918 bro1918 tovarish1918 old egg1919 midear1921 old (tin of) fruit1923 sport1923 mush1936 cowboy1961 coz1961 wack1963 yaar1963 John1982 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > [noun] brotherOE born brotherOE broa1530 billy1724 buddy1834 bredda1837 bub1841 boetie1867 bruvver1867 Brer1878 bro1893 boet1920 1867 E. L. Price Jrnls. (1956) 253 'Tis the ruling principle of every action, I think—love for the ‘vrow & kinderen’—‘the man & the kinderen’—‘the buttie & Sisi’. 1903 E. Glanville Diamond Seekers 270 There's a lot of things you don't know, bootie. 1958 S. Cloete Mask 167 The child was wailing now. Mina comforted him. ‘Fear not, little brother... Fear not, my boetie.’ 1986 M. Picardie in S. Gray Market Plays 94 I was the youngest, you see. My boeties and sussies were all at school. 2014 K. L. Seegers tr. D. Meyer Cobra (2015) vi. 31 ‘So, I'm very proud of you’, he said... ‘Thanks, boetie.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1867 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。