dandy

• adj. 上等的，极好的（口语）；服装华丽的
• n. 花花公子；好打扮的人
• n. (Dandy)人名；(英、法)丹迪

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.

来自柯林斯例句

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.

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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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. He was handsome and a dandy.

他英俊潇洒，还是个衣着讲究的时髦绅士。

来自辞典例句

5. He says it's a dandy. "

他说那船很漂亮. ”

来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹