| 单词 |
hotcha |
| 释义 |
hotcha, phr., int., and a. slang (chiefly U.S.).|ˈhɒtʃə|
Also hotcha cha, hot-cha(-cha), etc.
[Fanciful extension of hot a.]
1. Used in combination with the traditional interjection hey nonny nonny (cf. hey 2).
1932Kaufman & Ryskind Of thee I Sing in Famous Plays (1933) 694 With a hey, nonny nonny, and a ha cha cha! 1937Wodehouse Lord Emsworth & Others ii. 99 Good morning, Phipps. What ho, what ho, with a hey nonny nonny and a hot cha-cha. 1954Word Study Oct. 6/1 Many of us..find Shakespeare's Hey nonny nonny a bit naked without the hotcha cha.
2. int. Expressing enthusiastic approval. Also as adj., attractive, desirable.
1934J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) i. 21 Did you ever see her in a bathing suit? Hot-cha! 1939R. Chandler Big Sleep ix. 71 He run Sternwood's hotcha daughter,..off to Yuma.
3. adj. Of jazz: hot.
1937S. King-Hall King-Hall Survey 1936 ix. 93, I seemed to notice a tendency, towards the end of 1936, for what one of my daughters calls ‘Hotcha’ music to be replaced by ‘Swing’ music. 1947R. de Toledano Frontiers of Jazz ii. 13 In 1934..the number of people who had anything more than a hotcha idea of jazz could be numbered on the fingers of a hand. 1957W. C. Handy Father of Blues vii. 98 Hot-cha music was the stuff we needed, and it had to be mellow. 1960C. Ray Merry Eng. 60 There are hotcha gramophone records. |
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