dicky¹

KK: [ˈdɪkɪ] DJ: [ˈdiki]

n.[C]

dicky²

KK: [ˈdɪkɪ] DJ: [ˈdiki]

a.

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

n.

(pl. dickies or dickeys)

informal a false shirt front.
chiefly Brit. a folding outside seat at the back of some early cars.
▸a driver's seat in a carriage.
Indian the boot of a car.

C18 (denoting a petticoat): each sense prob. has a different origin; perh. partly from Dicky, familiar form of Richard.

adj.

(dickier, dickiest)

Brit. informal not strong, healthy, or functioning reliably.

C18: perh. from the given name Dick, in the old saying as queer as Dick's hatband.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》