可能缩写自Yankee Doodle, 美国佬,或直接来自dawdle, 游荡。
Now, "tenderfoot" is not to be construed as the Western equivalent of that much evolved and more abused specimen of mankind, familiarly styled "dude." For even the Montana cowboy recognizes the latter. Not that he has ever seen the true prototype of a class that was erstwhile so numerous among us. But he is convinced that a person caught in the act of wearing a white linen collar, and who looks as though he might have recently shaved or washed his face, must be a dude, true and proper. ["Random Notes and Observations of a Trip through the Great Northwest," "The Medical Record," Oct. 20, 1883]Application to any male is recorded by 1966, U.S., originally in Black English.
来自柯林斯例句
来自柯林斯例句
来自《权威词典》
来自辞典例句
来自辞典例句