| 单词 | talk like a Dutch uncle |
| 释义 | Dutch /duch/adjective
ORIGIN: Ger deutsch, (literally) belonging to the people, from OHGer diutisc; cf OE thēod, Gothic thiuda nation; see Teutonic Dutch auction see under auction Dutch bargain noun A one-sided bargain Dutch barn noun A storage barn consisting of a roof on a steel framework Dutch cap see under cap1 Dutch carpet noun A mixed material of cotton and wool for floor coverings Dutch cheese noun A small round cheese made in Europe from skimmed milk Dutch clinker noun A hard yellow brick for paving, etc Dutch clock noun A clock of wood and wire with brass wheels, made in the Black Forest Dutch clover noun White clover Dutch comfort noun ‘Thank God it's no worse’ Dutch concert noun A concert in which singers sing their various songs simultaneously, or each person sings a verse of any song of their choosing between bursts of some familiar chorus Dutch courage see under courage Dutch doll noun A wooden doll with jointed legs Dutch drops plural noun A once popular medicine, composed of oil of turpentine, tincture of guaiacum, etc Dutch elm disease noun A fungal, usu fatal, disease of elm trees (in fact of Asian origin), spread by bark-beetles, causing a gradual withering Dutch gold, Dutch leaf or Dutch metal noun A copper-zinc alloy, a substitute for gold leaf Dutch hoe noun A hoe with blade attached as in a spade Dutch liquid noun Ethylene dichloride (C2H4Cl2), an anaesthetic discovered by Dutch chemists Dutch lunch or Dutch supper noun One at which each person brings or pays for their own share Dutchˈman, fem Dutchˈwoman noun
Dutchman's breeches plural noun Dicentra Dutchman's pipe noun A species of Aristolochia Dutch oven noun
Dutch pink see pink5 Dutch rush noun A horsetail (Equisetum hyemale) with much silica in its stem, used for polishing Dutch tiles see under tile Dutch treat noun An occasion (eg a meal or an entertainment) when each person pays for himself or herself Dutch uncle noun Someone who criticizes or reprimands one unsparingly Dutch wife noun
double Dutch
go Dutch (informal) To pay each for himself or herself High Dutch
I'm a Dutchman An expression used ironically to show disbelief and rejection of an earlier statement Pennsylvania Dutch The mixed German dialect of the descendants of German settlers in Pennsylvania talk like a Dutch uncle To utter a rebuke |
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