“biddy、biddy”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

biddy-biddy

释义

biddy-biddy
Also bid-a-bid, biddy-bid, bidi-bid, bidy-bidy.
[Corruption of Maori piripiri.]
The New Zealand name for the troublesome burr of the piripiri. Also attrib.
1866G. Mueller My Dear Bannie (1958) iv. 110 We shall have..after that ‘bidy-bidy’ tea..without sugar.1880T. H. Potts in N.Z. Country Jrnl. XII. 195 (Morris), Piri-piri (acaena sanguisorbe) by the settlers has been converted or corrupted into biddy-biddy.1896Otago Witness 23 Jan. II. 36 (Morris), Biddybids detract very materially from the value of the wool, and the plant should not be allowed to seed where sheep are depastured.1944D. Stewart in Coast to Coast 1943 96 Scrape them off like sand or bid-a-bid seeds.1951J. Frame Lagoon 19 Father shook the bidi-bids off the big red and grey rug.

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