caddy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++cad·dy1 /ˈkædi/ noun (plural caddies) [countable] 1. (also caddie)DSG someone who carries the golf clubs for someone who is playing golf 〔为打高尔夫球的人背球杆的〕球童 →5 see picture at 见图 golf2. DFUa small box for storing tea 茶叶盒,茶叶罐
Examples from the Corpus
caddy• Certainly, there were more caddies than jobs.• All the stories I'd read about him and heard about him from other caddies were true!• One of the other caddies snickered.• The tea caddy is on the kitchen table.• I knew his stature among the caddies had ascended.• Senior members marked the competitors' cards and the caddies were allowed to practice on the course beforehand!• He banged a teapot on to the table, pulled the lid from off the caddy.• Those husbands would tell their caddies.caddy2, caddie verb (caddied, caddying, caddies) [intransitive + for] DSGto carry golf clubs for someone who is playing golf 当高尔夫球童→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
caddy• Vacation time Francis arranged for him to caddy at the Lyford Cay club to keep him out of trouble.nCaddy noun nan informal name for a cadillacOrigin caddy1 1. (1800-1900) Scottish English caddie “boy or man looking for the chance of a job” ((18-20 centuries)), from French cadet; → CADET2. (1700-1800) Malay kati a unit of weightcad·dy1 nouncaddy2 verbCaddy nounLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
who someone carries the who clubs for Corpus someone golf
caddy
cad‧dy1 /ˈkædi/
noun (plural caddies) [countable]
Language: Scottish English
Origin: caddie __boy or man looking for the chance of a job__ (18-20 centuries), from French cadet; ⇨ cadet
Language: Malay
Origin: kati a unit of weight1. (also caddie) someone who carries the golf clubs for someone who is playing golf
2. a small box for storing tea
caddy2
, caddie verb (past tense and past participle caddied, present participle caddying, third person singular caddies) [intransitive + for]
to carry golf clubs for someone who is playing golf
| I |
noun (plural caddies) [countable] Sense 1
Date: 1800-1900Language: Scottish English
Origin: caddie __boy or man looking for the chance of a job__ (18-20 centuries), from French cadet; ⇨ cadet
Sense 2
Date: 1700-1800Language: Malay
Origin: kati a unit of weight
2. a small box for storing tea
| II |
, caddie verb (past tense and past participle caddied, present participle caddying, third person singular caddies) [intransitive + for]to carry golf clubs for someone who is playing golf