ruddy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++rud·dy /ˈrʌdi/ adjective 1 HBHa ruddy face looks pink and healthy 〔脸色〕红润健康的 OPP sallow a ruddy complexion 红润的脸色 ruddy cheeks 红润的面颊2 literaryCC red 红色的 The fire cast a ruddy glow over the room. 炉火把房间映得通红。3 EMPHASIZE[only before noun] British English informal used to emphasize what you are saying, especially when you are annoyed with someone or something 可恶的，讨厌的，该死的，十足的〔用于加强语气，表示愤怒〕 SYN bloody, damn I wish that ruddy dog would stop barking! 我希望那只该死的狗不要再叫了！ —ruddiness noun [uncountable] —ruddy adverb
Examples from the Corpus
ruddy• In the kitchen, Jonathon and Victoria, ruddy and brilliant with cold water, sat before untasted bowls of porridge.• His bearded, ruddy face looks out in all manner of advertising, barroom testimonials, shirts and other tourist items.• Laz pumps my hand in a blustering manner that sends his straight hair bobbing over his ruddy face.• What a ruddy nightmare the whole blasted show is, he thought.• Mine itches the very moment I see the ruddy school letter.• In his late forties he was tall and spare, with a ruddy skin and bright blue eyes.Origin ruddy Old English rudig, from rudu “redness”rud·dy adjectiveChineseSyllable
ruddy and looks pink face Corpus a healthy
ruddy
rud‧dy /ˈrʌdi/
adjective
OPP sallow:
a ruddy complexion
ruddy cheeks
2. literary red:
The fire cast a ruddy glow over the room.
3. [only before noun] British English informal used to emphasize what you are saying, especially when you are annoyed with someone or something
SYN bloody, damn:
I wish that ruddy dog would stop barking!
—ruddiness noun [uncountable]
—ruddy adverb
rud‧dy /ˈrʌdi/
adjective Language: Old English
Origin: rudig, from rudu 'redness'
1. a ruddy face looks pink and healthy Origin: rudig, from rudu 'redness'
OPP sallow:
2. literary red:
3. [only before noun] British English informal used to emphasize what you are saying, especially when you are annoyed with someone or something
SYN bloody, damn:
—ruddiness noun [uncountable]
—ruddy adverb