“half、pie”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

half-pie

释义

half-pie, a. N.Z. slang.|ˈhɑːfpaɪ|
Also occas. half-pi.
[perh. ad. Maori pai good.]
Halfway towards, imperfect, mediocre. Also absol. or as n.
c1926‘Mixer’ Transport Workers' Song Bk. 11 There's no half-pie about this kid.1938R. Finlayson Brown Man's Burden 16 She would rather have a Maori who was a real man than a half-pie Pakeha who talked too much.Ibid. 78 A few straggling houses and a half-pie store.1949H. Wadman Life Sentence i. i. 8 New Zealanders who go home on scholarships and come back half-pi Englishmen.1952R. Finlayson Schooner came to Atia x. 58 Half-pie commie and the gospel-thumpers together!1955Landfall IX. 274 He hadn't been a real officer, only a half-pie one.

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