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    Randy means full of sexual desire — in the mood for sex, or often that way.

    Randy means full of sexual desireRandy的意思是充滿性慾 — in the mood for sex, or often that way想要做愛,或常常處於那種狀態。

    British and Australian speakers use it more than Americans, who usually say horny. It can describe a feeling right now, or a nature that runs that way, and people also use it of animals.

    British and Australian speakers use it more than Americans英國人和澳洲人比美國人更常用這個字, who usually say horny美國人通常會說horny。It can describe a feeling right now它可以形容當下的一種感覺, or a nature that runs that way或是一種本來就這樣的性情, and people also use it of animals也可以用在動物身上。

    Among friends it can be ; in the wrong room it feels crude. It is not a polite meeting word, and it is a little old-fashioned among some young people, though everyone still understands it.

    Among friends it can be jokey在朋友之間可以是開玩笑的; in the wrong room it feels crude用錯場合就顯得粗俗。It is not a polite meeting word這不是正式場合該用的字, and it is a little old-fashioned among some young people在某些年輕人之間也有點過時, though everyone still understands it不過大家還是聽得懂。

    The first uses we can point to are Scottish, in the 1600s, when randy meant and aggressive; the sexual sense grew later.

    The first uses we can point to are Scottish, in the 1600s我們能找到最早的用法是蘇格蘭的,在1600年代, when randy meant boisterous and aggressive那時randy的意思是喧鬧、有攻擊性; the sexual sense grew later性方面的意思是後來才發展出來的。

    Though actually, the man’s name Randy is a different word, from Randall — same spelling, no shared meaning.

    Though actually不過其實, the man's name Randy is a different word, from Randall男生名字Randy是另一個字,來自Randall — same spelling, no shared meaning拼法相同,但意思沒有關聯。

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

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組成From Scottish randy, “boisterous, aggressive”. The further origin is uncertain: it probably comes from rand, “to storm, rave”, a variant of rant; or from rand, “edge”, in the sense of being on edge. Related to randan.

原始詞典資料9 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。

Randyname/ˈɹændi/

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    A diminutive of the male given names Randall or Randolph, used as a male given name in the US.

    • “I like to put it simply,” says Randy “R Dub!” Williams, a late-night “slow jams” DJ from San Diego who’s also known as “the Sultan of Slowjamastan.” “I ran out of countries, so I created my own.”
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    A diminutive of the female given name Miranda.

    • My stepmother, Miranda, known appropriately as Randy, sniffed a couple of times.

randyadj詞源 1/ˈɹændi/

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    informalSexually aroused; full of sexual lust.

    • If you're feeling randy, give me a call and I'll come round and give you some hot lovin'.
    • Of course, the Greeks were quite the randy bunch themselves. “Anything goes!” was their motto and they lived up to it. It’s amazing that Plato, Aristotle and Socrates got any philosophizing done at all, what with all the lewd and lascivious behavior going on.
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    Rude or coarse in manner.

randynoun詞源 1/ˈɹændi/

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    obsoleteAn impudent beggar.

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    obsoleteA boisterous, coarse, loose woman.

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    obsoleteA virago.

randynoun詞源 2/ˈɹændi/

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    obsoleteslangvideo-gamesA random.

randynoun詞源 3/ˈɹændi/

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    obsoleteaerial-freestylehobbieslifestyleA Two-and-a-half-twist acrobatic maneuver.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。