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Daddy is the word a small child looks up and calls out. From down there, that person is big, safe and in charge — the top of a small world. The word carries two things at once: warmth, and that looking-up feeling.
daddy 可以想成一個小孩仰著頭喊出來的那一聲：從那個高度看上去，眼前這個人又高又大、罩得住、說了算。一種想法是，…更多收起
daddy 可以想成一個小孩仰著頭喊出來的那一聲：從那個高度看上去，眼前這個人又高又大、罩得住、說了算。一種想法是，這個字裡同時裝著兩樣東西——很親暱的語氣，還有「這個人最大」的仰視感；後面那個誇口的用法，就是從仰視感長出來的。原始詞典資料16 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Daddyname
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One's father.
- Jenny's voice broke. “Daddy told me that she and Joey, my baby brother, were killed when I was two.”
daddynoun詞源 1/ˈdædi/
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informalAlso used as a term of address: a father; one's father.
- By saynt Mary, my lady, / Your mammy and your dady / Brought forth a godely babi!
- But unto letters vvas I alvvays ſquinting, / So aſk’d my daddy’s leave to ſtudy Printing; […]
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informalOften in the form the daddy of: the most important or influential man in a field or group; a doyen.
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datedslanginformalChiefly used as a term of address: a man who is not one's father, often but not necessarily older than oneself.
- Rock ’n’ roll is cool, daddy, and you know it!
- And yet you can neglect his Suit [for marriage], delay him, make him vvait, and torment him, devvce take ye: If ye like him, vvhy don't ye play above-board; chouſe your Old Daddy, like a good Girl, as ye ought; ſay Yes at his next putting the Queſtion, and let him fall too heartily, novv he has ſo good a Stomach.
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informalBDSMlifestylesexualityOften used as a term of address: a dominant male sexual partner.
- The guy I’ve been dating offered to do bondage with me, and I was like “Yes please, daddy.”
- It wasn't long after this that the very attractive Daddy-type in the harness and cap gave everyone a demonstration in the Sensual Application of Clothespins with yours truly as the model.
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informalAn older masculine sexual partner, especially one who is more sexually dominant; specifically, one who prefers younger partners.
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informalA dominant partner in a homosexual relationship; especially one who provides protection to a more vulnerable inmate.
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informalA husband; also, a woman's (often older) male lover; (generally) a sexually attractive man; a hunk.
- She looked at me with that familiar desire / Her eyes lit up like they were on fire / She said, "My name's Flo, and you're on the right track, / But look here, daddy, I wear furs on my back, / So if you want to have fun in this man's land, / Let Lincoln and Jackson start shaking hands."
- She's crazy 'bout her daddy / Oh, she believes in him / She loves her daddy // She's crazy like a fool / Wild about Daddy Cool / I'm crazy like a fool / Wild about Daddy Cool
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informalOften in the form old daddy: a man or an organization regarded as having the qualities of a father, especially in being in a position of authority, or outdated or paternalistic.
- the daddy of them all
- He [Norman Mailer] was, though, absolutely the daddy of faction, his novels or journalism reporting every conflict from 1939 to Iraq and biographising Americans including John F[itzgerald] Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Muhammad Ali and Neil Armstrong.
另外 5 個記錄的用法
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slanginformalOften in the form old daddy: a man or an organization regarded as having the qualities of a father, especially in being in a position of authority, or outdated or paternalistic.
- Throughout Scum various people—prisoners and staff—claim to be ‘in charge’ of, or ‘running’ the borstal. Pongo Banks, the established ‘daddy’, senior officer (SO) Sands—‘I run a wing—right, Carlin?’, the house master, Mr Goodyear and indeed the Governor himself all claim to be in charge. However, what is of interest is that it is clear that the staff have to use the prisoners to run the borstal and thus do not object to, or try to control the inmate subculture that produces ‘daddies’, violence, sexual assault and racism, but rather condone the brutality.
- The daddies were the chaps of the old borstal system, leaders who had clawed their way to the top of the borstal food chain by showing gameness and the ability and willingness to inflict serious violence on their fellow detainees. Each wing had a daddy, who would rule, usually with an iron fist, and accept tribute (by way of canteen items and favours done) from other prisoners.
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obsoleteslanginformalOften in the form old daddy: a man or an organization regarded as having the qualities of a father, especially in being in a position of authority, or outdated or paternalistic.
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obsoleteslanginformalOften in the form old daddy: a man or an organization regarded as having the qualities of a father, especially in being in a position of authority, or outdated or paternalistic.
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obsoleteslanginformalOften in the form old daddy: a man or an organization regarded as having the qualities of a father, especially in being in a position of authority, or outdated or paternalistic.
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obsoleteslanginformalentertainmentlifestyletheaterOften in the form old daddy: a man or an organization regarded as having the qualities of a father, especially in being in a position of authority, or outdated or paternalistic.
- The stage manager is familiarly termed daddy; and an actor by profession, or a "professional," is called a pro.
daddyverb詞源 1/ˈdædi/
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informalTo father (a child); to beget, to sire.
- "Just supposin' Mister [a dog] has daddied a pup here and there," said old man Rivers. "What's wrong with that? Ain't your foxhounds han'some and hard-runnin'?"
- Well, it seems that Franklin Ransom had him a girlfriend in nigger holler all along, even when me and him were going out so much together, yes all that whole long time. […] Franklin had daddied two little nigger babies on her, so they say.
daddyadj詞源 2/ˈdædi/
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informalCharacteristic of or resembling a dad or father.
- […] Daddy looked at himself more these days, as if to catch himself fading away—though in Junior's eyes he was only growing Daddier.
- Taking stock of our muddles gives us permission to look up and see the God-Man [Jesus] in his eternal sacrifice for all of us, for those two young, irresponsible girls and for this "Dad" who is only likely to get daddier as he goes along.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。