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单词 dropsy
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dropsy1

/ˈdrɒpsɪ/
(pl. -ies)
old-fashioned or less technical term for OEDEMA.
〈旧, 非技〉 同OEDEMA.
词源
Middle English: shortening of idropesie, earlier form of obsolete hydropsy, via Old French and Latin from Greek hudrōps 'dropsy', from hudōr 'water'.

dropsy2

/ˈdrɒpsɪ/
(pl. -ies)
Brit. informal a tip or bribe
〈英, 非正式〉小费; 贿金:

McCloy's little dropsy for services rendered.

麦克洛伊为所提供的服务付的一点小费。

词源
1930s: slang, elaborated form of slang drop 'a bribe'.
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