| 词组 | billy |
| 释义 | billy Ⅰ noun 1 a metal pail with a handle used for boiling water, making tea, cooking, etc, over a fire when camping or in the bush. A quintessential item of the Australian bush. Scottish English had (c.1828 Scottish National Dictionary) 'billy-pot' as 'a cooking utensil' and this is probably the origin. Not, as variously conjectured, from French bouilli 'boiled', nor Wiradjuri (an eastern Australian Aboriginal language) billa 'water', nor the proper name Billy AUSTRALIA, 1849. 2 a police officer's blackjack or club, a truncheon US, 1850. 3 a warning signal IRELAND, 1976. 4 a bong (a water-pipe) for smoking marijuana. A play on 'billabong' (a water hole) AUSTRALIA, 1988⇨ See: BILLY WHIZZ.► boil the billyto stop for a break and make tea in a billy. Occasionally used to mean to make tea not in a billy but an electric kettle or the like AUSTRALIA, 1867 Ⅱ ⇨ Billy Bragg; billy noun 1 an act of sexual intercourse. Rhyming slang for SHAG, formed from the name of the UK singer and political activist (b.1957) UK, 2003. 2 stolen goods. Rhyming slang for SWAG, formed from the name of the UK singer and political activist (b.1957) UK, 2004 Ⅲ ⇨ Billy Bunter; billy noun 1 a customer, especially of discreet or illegal services. Rhyming slang for PUNTER; from the fictional schoolboy created by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton 1876–1961) UK, 1992. 2 a shunter. Hauliers' rhyming slang UK, 1951 Ⅳ ⇨ Billy Whizz; Billy Whiz; billy; bill noun an amphetamine. WHIZZ (amphetamine) disguised as cartoon strip character Billy Whizz, whose adventures started in the Beano in 1964 UK, 1985 Ⅴ ⇨ Billy-boy; billy nickname a Protestant, especially a supporter of Glasgow Rangers football club. This goes back to William of Orange, and is now most familiar from the song (to the tune of 'Marching Through Georgia') which is used as a football battle-hymn: 'Hurrah! Hurrah! We are the Billy Boys; / Hurrah! Hurrah! We make a lot of noise; / We're up to here, we never fear – we all are Billy's sons, / We are the Glasgow Billy Boys. / We belong to Glasgow, we're Orange and we're true / Scotland is our country, our colours white and blue, / We're Protestants and proud of it , we're known near and far, / Glasgow Billy Boys they call us.' UK: SCOTLAND, 1935 like billyoVery aggressively, vigorously, or enthusiastically. Primarily heard in UK. We've been working like billyo all month to get this finished in time. During the boom, people spent money on credit like billyo, with no regard for how they'd pay it all back. like billy-o(h)Very aggressively, vigorously, or enthusiastically. Primarily heard in UK. We've been working like billy-o all month to get this finished in time. During the boom, people spent money on credit like billy-oh, with no regard for how they'd pay it all back. billieslang A note of paper currency; a (dollar) bill. Can also be spelled "billy." Any chance you can loan me a few billies so I can buy something for lunch? like billyoorlike billy-ohINFORMALIf someone is doing something or something is happening like billyo or like billy-oh, it is being done or happening to a great degree and with a lot of energy. They were swinging their partners around like billyo. It is still very wet and so everything is growing like billy-oh like billy-overy much, hard, or strongly. British informal 1995 John Banville Athena This skin tone is the effect of cigarettes, I suspect, for she is a great smoker…going at the fags like billy-o. like ˈbilly-o(British English, informal) very much or very enthusiastically: They worked like billy-o to get it finished on time.billieand bill(y) (ˈbɪli) n. paper money; a bill. Do you have any billies on you? Lend me a billy or two. billyverbSee billie |
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