tid·dly
adjective/ˈtɪdli/
/ˈtɪdli/
(British English, informal)- slightly drunk
微醉的;略有醉意的 - I feel a bit tiddly.
我感觉有点乱。
- I feel a bit tiddly.
- very small
synonym tiny微小的 - All I got to eat was a tiddly little biscuit.
我只吃一块小小的饼干。
- All I got to eat was a tiddly little biscuit.
Word Originsense 1 mid 19th cent. (as a noun denoting an alcoholic drink, particularly of spirits): perhaps from slang tiddlywink, denoting an unlicensed public house. The current sense dates from the early 20th cent.sense 2 mid 19th cent.: variant of colloquial tiddy, of unknown origin.