| 词汇 | moody |
| 释义 | moody Ⅰ 1. adjective simulated, faked UK, 1958 2. verb 1 to sulk or be bad-tempered UK, 1962. 2 to put into good humour by means of ingratiating talk, to wheedle, flatter or humour UK, 1934 Ⅱ ⇨ Moody and Sankey; moody noun deception, trickery. Rhyming slang for HANKY PANKY, formed on US evangelists Dwight Lyman Moody and Ira D. Sankey, jointly known (and vilified) as Moody and Sankey, who brought their message to the UK in the mid-1870s. This term may well have evolved separately or be bound up with MOODY; OLD MOODY (lies, deception) UK, 1961 Ⅲ ⇨ moody; old moody noun 1 a fit of sulking. May be preceded by either 'the' or 'a', often in forms such as: 'pull a/the moody' and 'throw a/the moody' UK, 1969. 2 lies, deceit, especially deceit by flattery, a confidence trick (see, especially, the 1977 citation) UK, 1934. 3 a period of (extreme) moodiness UK, 1968. 4 in prison, a psychiatrist's man-to-man, or even genial, approach to a prisoner. Usually with 'the' UK, 1945.► do a moodyto behave suspiciously. Prison use UK, 1978 |
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