shindy
英 ['ʃɪndɪ]
美 ['ʃɪndi]
英文词源
- shindy
- shindy: [19] Shindy is an alteration of shinty [18], the name of a rumbustious Scottish game resembling hockey which was also used in the 19th century for a ‘commotion’. Shinty itself appears to be a lexicalization of shin t’ ye ‘shin to you’, a cry supposedly uttered by players of the game. Shindig [19] is probably an alteration of shindy.
=> shindig, shinty
双语例句
- 1. to kick up a shindy
- 吵起来
来自《权威词典》
- 2. There was a dreadful shindy in the pub last night.
- 昨天晚上酒馆里有人大打出手.
来自辞典例句
- 3. The drunken man kicked up a shindy outside the house where his employer lived.
- 那醉汉在他雇主的住宅外面大吵大闹.
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