yellowbellyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

• From yellow +‎ belly.
• (someone from Lincolnshire or Isle of Ely): An allusion to the frogs and yellow-bellied eels caught there.

発音

• IPA: /ˈjɛləʊbɛli/

名詞

yellowbelly (plural yellowbellies)

1. (informal) A coward.

   Synonyms: chicken; see also Thesaurus:coward

2. (UK, slang) Someone from Lincolnshire, or from the Isle of Ely.
3. (Ireland, slang) Someone from Wexford.
4. (Australia) A golden perch (Macquaria ambigua).
   • 1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151:

     The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel.

5. (informal) A yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius).

   Hypernyms: woodpecker < bird < animal < creature

   Coordinate term: redbelly

派生語

• yellow-bellied

関連する語

• yellowbelly slider, yellow-bellied slider (Trachemys scripta scripta)

参照

• (someone from Lincolnshire or Isle of Ely): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary