(亦作bonnie) chiefly Scottish & N.English <主苏格兰, 北英格兰>
adjective
1bonnier, bonniest
- attractive or beautiful吸引人的, 漂亮的：
a bonny lass.
一位漂亮的少女。
1.1
- (a baby) plump and healthy-looking（婴儿）胖乎乎的, 健康的。
1.2
- sizeable; considerable (usually expressing approval)相当大的, 相当多的（常表示赞许之意）：
it's worth a thousand pounds,a bonny sum.
这值1,000英镑, 很大一笔钱！
noun
my bonny
- poetic/ literary used as a form of address for one's beloved or baby〈诗/文〉［用作称呼］我的宝贝。
派生词
bonnily
adverbbonniness
noun词源
late 15th cent.: perhaps related to Old French bon 'good'.