“ourie”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

ourie

释义

ourie, a. north. dial.; now only Sc.|ˈaʊrɪ, ˈuːrɪ|
Forms: 4 ouri, 8–9 ourie, owrie, 9 oory.
[Origin obscure: cf. Icel. úrig wet, f. úr drizzling rain.]
Poor in appearance, shabby; dull, dingy; dreary, melancholy, languid.
c1325Metr. Hom. 88 He changed son his ouri wed, And forth into the halle he yed.1785Burns A Winter Night iii, I thought me on the ourie cattle, Or silly sheep, wha bide this brattle O' winter war.a1810Tannahill Lasses a' leuch Poems (1846) 145 Maggie was sitting fu' ourie an' blate.1837R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 82 The winter rain⁓drap owrie fa's.1865Mrs. Carlyle Lett. III. 261 That oory, dingy paint and paper.

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