dandy

英 ['dændɪ] 美 ['dændi]

dandy 好打扮的男人

词源不详，可能来自Andrew的昵称，用来指好打扮的男人。比较gussy.

dandy: dandy: [18] The first record of the word dandy comes in Scottish border ballads of the late 18th century, but by the early 19th century it had become a buzz term in fashionable London society. It is generally explained as being an abbreviation of jack-a-dandy ‘affected man’, a word first recorded in the 17th century which apparently incorporates Dandy, a colloquial Scottish abbreviation of the name Andrew. The word’s adjectival use started in the 19th century in close semantic relationship to the noun – ‘affectedly trim or neat’ – but American English has rehabilitated it to ‘excellent’ in the 20th century.
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dandy (n.): c. 1780, of uncertain origin; it first appeared in a Scottish border ballad:
I've heard my granny crack
O' sixty twa years back
When there were sic a stock of Dandies O
etc. In that region, Dandy is diminutive of Andrew (as it was in Middle English generally). The word was in vogue in London c. 1813-1819. His female counterpart was a dandizette (1821) with French-type ending. The adjective dandy first recorded 1792; very popular c. 1880-1900. Related: Dandified; dandify.

1. There's a zoo round here? That's dandy for my kids.: 这附近有个动物园？我的孩子们一定会很高兴的。

2. Some abnormal fetuses ( such as water head , Dandy - Walker's syndrome etc ) showed significant extension of WPCF.: 部分畸形胎儿如脑积水、典型Dandy -Walker 综合症等WPCF明显增宽.

3. I know him to be nothing but a man of pleasure, a dandy who has given himself up to the relentless pursuit of sensual pleasure.: 我知道他是一个放荡的人, 一个不顾一切、死心塌地地追求情欲之欢的花花公子.