Dandyname

• 1

  A surname.

• 2

  informalThe Dandenong Ranges.

dandynoun詞源 1/ˈdæn.di/

• 1

  A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.

  • The gallant young Indian dandy at home on furlough — immense dandies these — chained and moustached — driving in tearing cabs, the pillars of the theatres, living at West End Hotels, — […]
  • No town-bred dandy will compare with a country-bred one—I mean a downright bumpkin dandy–a fellow that, in the dog-days, will mow his two acres in buckskin gloves for fear of tanning his hands.
• 2

  Something excellent in its class.

• 3

  nauticaltransportA yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.

• 4

  A dandy roller.

• 5

  archaicslangA small glass of whisky.

  • Somebody quite as notorious as Brummell, but whose follies have been far more mischievous; whose eloquence is great, but certainly not always refined; and to whose health many a dandy of whisky has been tossed off.
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  historicalrail-transportrailwaystransportA horse-drawn railway carriage used on some branch lines.

  • Other notable instances of horse-drawn vehicles for passenger services were the dandies used on the two-mile branch to Inchture of the Perth-Dundee line of the Caledonian Railway […], and the 2½-mile branch of the North British Railway from Drumburgh to Port Carlisle. […] One of the Port Carlisle dandies was preserved at Waverley Station, Edinburgh, for several years, but is now in the Railway Museum at York.

dandyadj詞源 1/ˈdæn.di/

• 1

  Like a dandy, foppish.

• 2

  Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.

  • That's all fine and dandy, but how much does it cost?
• 3

  Excellent; first-rate.

  • What a dandy little laptop you have.
  • Grip Sures are dandy shoes for anything that comes along. Hiking, climbing, canoeing, around camp or in the gym — you can't have anything better.

dandynoun詞源 2/ˈdæn.di/

• 1

  A boatman, a rower.

  • Our Dandees (or boatmen) boyled their rice.
• 2

  A Shaiva mendicant who carries a small rod.

  • ...the Dandis, distinguished by carrying a small dand or wand...
• 3

  An open sedan chair formed by suspending a rudimentary frame or strong cloth from a pole or set of poles.

  • 1870, Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming, Good Words, p. 135:
  • As the darkness closed in... I had to give up the attempt to use the dandy, and struggle on on foot.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• Dandenong