Bandy



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.顶嘴谈论
• ［英］ v.顶嘴谈论 ( discuss in a frivolous manner; quarrel)
• ［例］ Don't bandy words with me, young man!

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (bandied; bandying)

• Etymology: origin unknown
• Date: 1577
• transitive verb
  • 1. to bat (as a tennis ball) to and fro
  • 2.
    • a. to toss from side to side or pass about from one to another often in a careless or inappropriate manner
    • b. exchange; especially to exchange (words) argumentatively
    • c. to discuss lightly or banteringly
    • d. to use in a glib or offhand manner — often used with about<bandy these statistics about with considerable bravado — Richard Pollak>
  • 3. archaic to band together
• intransitive verb
  • 1. obsolete contend
  • 2. archaic unite

II. noun

• Date: 1693
• a game similar to hockey and believed to be its prototype

III. adjective

• Etymology: perhaps from ［sup］2［/sup］bandy (hockey stick)
• Date: 1687
• 1. of legs bowed
• 2. bowlegged
• ? bandy-legged adjective

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