词汇 | noddy |
释义 | Noddy noun a tracked snow vehicle manufactured by the Robin Nodwell Manufacturing Company ANTARCTICA, 1978noddy Ⅰ 1. adjective 1 (used of a computer program) trivial, useless but illustrative of a point US, 1991. 2 foolish. From Essex dialect UK, 1971 2. noun 1 in a film or television interview, a brief shot of the interviewer listening or nodding. In full, a 'noddy-shot' UK, 1982. 2 a police motorcyclist. A back-formation from NODDY-BIKE UK, 1980 Ⅱ ⇨ noddy-bike; noddy noun a police motorcycle. Originally of a light motorcycle used by police before the introduction of the PANDA CAR. Generally presumed to come from Noddy, the character created by Enid Blyton (1897–1968), in turn named after 'a simpleton', but that would better describe the driver than the vehicle and Noddy drove a car; more likely to be derived from obsolete Irish noddy (a one-horse conveyance) with just a hint of Enid Blyton UK, 1964 |
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