单词 | upsy-daisy |
释义 | upsy-daisy[ uhp-see-dey-zee ] / ˈʌp siˈdeɪ zi / interjection(used, as for reassurance, at the moment of lifting a baby up.) Also upsa-daisy. Origin of upsy-daisy1860–65; compare earlier up-a-daisy, dial. up-a-day, perhaps up + (lack)aday, (lack)adaisy;-sy perhaps to be identified with -sy Words nearby upsy-daisyupsurge, upsweep, upswell, upswept, upswing, upsy-daisy, uptake, uptalk, uptear, up-tempo, upter Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for upsy-daisyupsy-daisy upsadaisy/ (ˈʌpsɪˈdeɪzɪ) / interjectionan expression, usually of reassurance, uttered as when someone, esp a child, stumbles or is being lifted up Word Origin for upsy-daisyC18 up-a-daisy, irregularly formed from up (adv) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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