| 单词 | Noddy |
| 释义 | Noddy, n.5 colloq.|ˈnɒdɪ|
Also noddy.
[The name of a small, elf-like boy, the central character in a series of stories for young children set in Toyland and written by Enid Blyton (1897–1968): f. nod v. (or n.1), and perh. influenced by noddy n.1]
attrib. Characteristic of or resembling the simple-minded Noddy, his possessions, etc. (esp. dismissively or humorously); of things: toy-like or inconsequential compared with their real counterparts. Esp. as Noddy car, Noddy house.
1973Times 16 Feb. 25/3 Ignorance further encourages governments, newspapers and public itself to laugh off hairdressing as a noddyland where the teazy-weazies wave and blow. 1974New Society 11 Apr. 83/1 The family garage built its first ice cream van..for friends. Those 1955 prototypes have a distinctly Noddy-car air; the front ends were pure cartoon-faces. 1982Economist 6 Mar. 85/1 Architects worry about the British retreating to energy-efficient Noddy houses: bricky dwellings with dormer windows and fancy roofs. 1982Christian Science Monitor 28 Dec. 17/1 The canals are a world of their own, mirroring the English class system. ‘There are the noddy, or Tupperware, boats,’ the upper-class owner of a luxury narrow-boat observed one morning. 1986Daily Express 20 Aug. 21 A few look like..plastic noddy cars. |
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