| 释义 |
wellie; welly
noun- a Wellington boot (rubberised or plastic waterproof footware) UK, 1961
In the 1970s, it began to be used in phrases where “boot” occurred, e.g. “The welly’s on the other foot now”; “he’s getting too big for his wellies”. Perhaps started by The Great Northern Welly Boot Show put on by Billy Connolly at the Edinburgh Festival in the early 1970s. “Well boot” is also a variant. - We used to go out on patrol in the cuds [countryside] with welly boots on because of the mud. — Andy McNab, Immediate Action, p. 23, 1995
- power, energy, especially when harnessed as acceleration UK
- The motorcycle] goes like hell and it likes plenty of Wellie though I haven’t had it flat out yet[.] — letter to, Which Bike, September 1980
▶ give it some wellie; give it some welly
to vigorously attack someone or something; hence, to put all your effort into something UK
After WELLIESTICK THE BOOT INTake it to the Max and give it some welly! — Terry Victor, Give It Some Welly [Murder on the Menu], 1990 [G]ive it some wellie[.] — Melanie McGrath, Hard, Soft & Wet, p. 51, 1998 Tradition was at Christmas we gobbed our grub and gave the booze some welly[.] — Jeremy Cameron, Brown Bread in Wengen, p. 141, 1999 |