3325英語網 單詞
upsy-daisy的意思
upsy-daisy
英 ['?psi'deizi]
美
- int. （扶起跌倒的小孩或將兒童高舉時的用語）起來沒事啦！
中文詞源
upsy-daisy 加油，沒事
來自兒語up-a-daisy, daisy為day的口語，用來鼓勵小孩加油，沒事。比較lackadaisical.
英文詞源
- upsy-daisy (adv.)
- 1711, up-a-daisy, baby talk extension of up (adv.). Compare lackadaisical. A word upsee was in use in English late 17c. in phrases such as upsee-Dutch "in the Dutch style" (of drinking), from Dutch op zijn, and also occasionally as an adverb, "extremely," and could have had an influence on this word.