词汇 | budgie |
释义 | budgie noun 1 a budgerigar, a small parrot native to inland Australia and a common cage bird AUSTRALIA, 1935. 2 a talkative man, especially one of small stature; a small-time police-informer. From a passing similarity to a budgerigar's characteristics. The television drama Budgie, 1971–72, starred Adam Faith as the epitome of all of the above definition. It is difficult to tell whether the television programme created or popularised this usage UK, 1977. 3 the time. Used by miners, usually in the form of a question UK, 1970. 4 a hippie who moved back to the land in Slocan Valley, British Columbia CANADA, 1989 |
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