英语词汇“ballyhoo of blazes”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

ballyhoo of blazes

释义

ballyhoo of blazes Naut. slang.
Also ballyhoo.
[Etym. of first element uncertain, but perh. same word as ballahou (see Amer. Speech (1945) XX. 184 ff.).]
Sailors' term of contempt for a vessel which they dislike for any reason.
1836Knickerbocker Aug. 203 Jack Marlinspike..couldn't get a situation afore the mast of a Ballyhoo coasting-brig.1847H. Melville Omoo lxxvi. 295 Steer clear of the likes of this ballyhoo of blazes as long as ye live.1897Kipling Capt. Cour. iii. 69 Tom Platt, this bally-hoo's not the Ohio.Ibid. ix. 205 Oh, ef it had bin even the Fish C'mmission boat instid o' this bally-hoo o'blazes.1929F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 6 Ballyhoo of blazes..the last word of contempt for a slovenly ship.

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