paddy
paddy1
(pl. -ies)
paddy2
(pl. -ies)
(pl. -ies)
- (亦作 paddy field)a field where rice is grown
稻田
■[mass noun]rice before threshing or in the husk
稻；稻谷
- early 17th cent.: from Malay pādī
paddy2
(pl. -ies)
- [in sing.](Brit. informal)a fit of temper
(英，非正式)发脾气，大怒
John drove off in a paddy.
约翰怒气冲冲地开车走了。
- late 19th cent.: from Paddy, associated with obsolete paddywhack 'Irishman (given to brawling')
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