paddy
paddy 英 [ˈpædi] 美 [ˈpædi]
n. 稻田（复数paddies）；爱尔兰人；Patrick（男子名）和Patricia（女子名）的昵称
名词复数:paddies
- A paddy is a field used for growing rice. Paddies are different from most other crop fields because they are partially flooded with water. If you plan on farming a rice paddy, you'll probably want to invest in a good pair of waterproof boots.
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- n. 稻田（复数paddies）；爱尔兰人；Patrick（男子名）和Patricia（女子名）的昵称
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1. The paddy fields looked like carpets of fresh green.
稻田像一片片翠绿的地毯。
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2. They are turning waste land into paddy fields.
他们正在使荒地变为稻田。
- Paddy (n.2) "Irishman," 1780, slang, from the pet form of the common Irish proper name Patrick (Irish Padraig). It was in use in African-American vernacular by 1946 for any "white person." Paddy wagon is 1930, perhaps so called because many police officers were Irish. Paddywhack (1881) originally meant "an Irishman."
- paddy (n.1) "rice field," 1620s, "rice plant," from Malay (Austronesian) padi "rice in the straw." Main modern meaning "ground where rice is growing" (1948) is a shortening of paddy field.
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