(亦作caddy)
(pl. -ies)
- a person who carries a golfer's clubs and provides other assistance during a match(在比赛中为高尔夫球手背球棒, 并提供其他帮助的)球童。
词源
mid 17th cent. (originally Scots): from French CADET. The original term denoted a gentleman who joined the army without a commission, intending to learn the profession and follow a military career, later coming to mean 'odd-job man'. The current sense dates from the late 18th cent.