(pl.-ies)
1
- a man unduly devoted to style, smartness, and fashion in dress and appearance花花公子。
2
- informal, dated an excellent thing of its kind〈非正式, 旧〉华丽物品, 极品。
adjective
dandier, dandiest
1
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. excellent〈非正式, 主北美〉极好的：
things are all fine and dandy.
一切顺利。
2
- relating to or characteristic of a dandy（与）花花公子（有关）的。
派生词
dandyish
adjectivedandyism
noun词源
late 18th cent.: perhaps a shortened form of 17th-cent. Jack-a-dandy 'conceited fellow' （the last element representing Dandy, a pet form of the given name Andrew）.