单词 | bandy |
释义 | bandy —bandiness, n. /ban"dee/, v. , bandied, bandying, adj., n., pl. bandies. v.t. 1. to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words. 2. to throw or strike to and fro or from side to side, as a ball in tennis. 3. to circulate freely: to bandy gossip. adj. 4. (of legs) having a bend or crook outward; bowed: a new method for correcting bandy legs. n. 5. an early form of tennis. 6. Chiefly Brit. (formerly) hockey or shinny. 7. Obs. a hockey or shinny stick. [1570-80; perh. < Sp bandear to conduct, bandy, orig. help, serve as member of a band of men. See BAND1] Syn. 1. reciprocate, interchange, swap, barter. |
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