willy
A willow basketA willow basket.
» Don't throw your clothes into a drawer willy-nilly.
Wirf deine Sachen nicht einfach so in eine Schublade!
Werft eure Sachen nicht einfach so in eine Schublade!
Werfen Sie Ihre Sachen nicht einfach so in eine Schublade!
Значение
значений: 5(Британия, диалектное)A willow basket.
(Британия, диалектное)A fish basket.
(Австралия, Ирландия, Новая Зеландия, Южная Африка, Британия, childish, диалектное, сленг)The penis.
Little Johnny got his willy stuck in his zipper.
Pimmel, Schniedel, Pullermann
писю́нpisjún, писю́нчикpisjúnčik
(Британия, childish, диалектное)A term of abuse.
You're a big fat willy! So shut up!!
(Британия, диалектное)A person who is manipulated into serving as a useful agent without knowing it.
Примеры
предложений: 12Don't throw your clothes into a drawer willy-nilly.
deWirf deine Sachen nicht einfach so in eine Schublade!
They made decisions willy-nilly, without any proper discussion or strategy.
You can't just walk out willy-nilly!
Mum, my willy's all hard.
Mummy, my willy's all hard.
Переводы
языков: 8По значениям 1
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Происхождение
From Middle English wilie, from Old English wiliġe (“wicker basket”), from Proto-West GermFrom Middle English wilie, from Old English wiliġe (“wicker basket”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiligijā, from Proto-Indo-European *weliko- (“willow-tree”). More at weel, willow.
Originally northern British usage, from the 1960s. Probably the simple use of a proper name as a pet name; compare dick, fanny and peter. Unlikely to be a contraction of Latin membrum virile, male member (that is, the penis), a Latin term used in English in the 19th century.
Perhaps a shortening of willy-nilly, an old way of saying “whether one wants to or not”, here referring to the person being used as an agent without their knowledge, i.e. regardless of their will.
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