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paddy 音标拼音: [p'ædi] n. 稻,谷,爱尔兰人,警察 稻,谷,爱尔兰人,警察 Paddy n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent [synonym: {Paddy}, {Mick}, {Mickey}] 2: an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown [synonym: {paddy}, {paddy field}, {rice paddy}] 3: rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field Paddy \Pad"dy\, n.; pl. {Paddies}. [Corrupted fr. St. Patrick, the tutelar saint of Ireland.] A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman; -- usually considered offensive. [Obsolescent] [1913 Webster PJC] Paddy \Pad"dy\, n. [Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay p[=a]d[imac].] (Bot.) Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies. [1913 Webster] {Paddy bird}. (Zool.) See {Java sparrow}, under {Java}. [1913 Webster] Paddy \Pad"dy\, a. [Prov. E. paddy worm-eaten.] Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. "Such pady persons." --Digges (1585). "The paddy persons." --Motley. [1913 Webster] 27 Moby Thesaurus words for "paddy":
bluebottle, bobby, bull, clearing, constable, copper, corn field, cultivated land, field, fit, fit of temper, flatfoot, gendarme, hayfield, officer, parcel of land, patch, peeler, piece of land, plat, plot, rage, rice paddy, tantrum, tract, wax, wheat field
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