dicky bird是什么意思_dicky bird的用法_词性_词根

短语搭配

双语例句

He won't say a dicky bird, but we think he knows who did it.

他什么都不肯说，但是我们认为他知道是谁干的。
Dicky: You are too nervous. It is a bird.

小迪：你太神经质了，那不过是一只鸟。

释义

informal used by children to refer to a little bird

〈非正式〉小鸟（儿童用语）。[ORIGIN: late 18th cent.: probably from <Italic>Dicky</Italic>, pet form of the given name <Italic>Richard</Italic>.]

短语

not a dicky bird not a word； nothing at all 无只言片语；毫无 ‘Did you hear from her◆?◆◆’ ‘Not a dicky bird．’ “她给你写信了吗？”“一个字都没有
”［ORIGIN dicky bird being rhyming slang for ‘word’．］