英语词汇“toppie”的翻译、意思、用法、释义-英汉双解词典-雅致网

toppie¹

nounPlural toppies ˈtɒpi

An African bulbul (songbird) with a black or dark brown head and crest.
（鸟冠为黑色或深褐色的）非洲鹎
Genus Pycnonotus, family Pycnonotidae: several species

Origin

Late 19th century: from topknot.

toppie²

nounPlural toppiesˈtɒpi

South African informal

A middle-aged or elderly man.
〈非正式〉中年男人；上了年纪的男人
a toppie with grey hair turned us away
Example sentencesExamples
- When he (an old De La Sallian who became a noted chemist and mayor of Molteno and is now retired in Port Elizabeth) and I went to the last Old Boys dinner we attended, I said to him, ‘But where are all the old ‘toppies’?’
- An old toppie from the Vatican of all places stood up and said: ‘I have listened to all the problems all morning, but… if the country is still functioning after 10 years and farmers are still farming, you must have done something right.’

Origin

1960s: perhaps from Zulu thopi 'growing sparsely' (describing thinning hair), or from Hindi ṭopī 'hat'.

单词	toppie
释义	toppie¹ nounPlural toppies ˈtɒpi An African bulbul (songbird) with a black or dark brown head and crest. （鸟冠为黑色或深褐色的）非洲鹎 Genus Pycnonotus, family Pycnonotidae: several species Origin Late 19th century: from topknot. toppie² nounPlural toppiesˈtɒpi South African informal A middle-aged or elderly man. 〈非正式〉中年男人；上了年纪的男人 a toppie with grey hair turned us away Example sentencesExamples When he (an old De La Sallian who became a noted chemist and mayor of Molteno and is now retired in Port Elizabeth) and I went to the last Old Boys dinner we attended, I said to him, ‘But where are all the old ‘toppies’?’ An old toppie from the Vatican of all places stood up and said: ‘I have listened to all the problems all morning, but… if the country is still functioning after 10 years and farmers are still farming, you must have done something right.’ Origin 1960s: perhaps from Zulu thopi 'growing sparsely' (describing thinning hair), or from Hindi ṭopī 'hat'. noun.1 noun.2
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