英语词汇“howdy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

howdy

释义

▪ I. howdy, -ie Sc. and north. dial., vulgar.|ˈhaʊdɪ|
[Origin uncertain.]
A midwife.
1725Ramsay Gentle Sheph. ii. iii, When Mungo's mare stood still and swat wi' fright, When he brought east the howdy under night.1815Scott Guy M. i, The laird's servant..rade express by this e'en to fetch the houdie.1830Galt Lawrie T. ix. i. (1849) 404 She was determined to have at the occasion a howdie instead of an accoucheur.1832Blackw. Mag. XXXII. 853 The most illustrious man-howdie.[Note. The conjectured derivation from the phrase how d'ye? is impossible, since the Sc. form would then have been |huːdɪ|. On the analogy of Sc. gowdie = goldy, howdy might go back to holdie, an appellative (like brownie, etc.) from hold, friendly, benevolent, kind: cf. F. sage-femme.] ▪ II. howdy
see how-do-ye.

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