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不详。可能源自daisy (雏菊)或意大利女演员Eleonora Duse埃莱奥诺拉·杜斯)之名。常有说法错误地称其源自汽车公司Duesenberg,但该词出现比这一公司成立早十多年。另可能源自波蘭語 duży,于20世纪00年代左右由波兰移民潮引入美国。(這個詞源(+)能找到來源嗎?)

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doozy (複數 doozies)

  1. (美國非正式) 麻烦的,棘手的;() 厉害
    近義詞: lulu
    Most of the test was easy, but the last question was a doozy.
    那场考试大部分题都简单,但是最后一题挺难的
    • 2017, Eric A Meyer, Estelle Weyl, CSS: The Definitive Guide: Visual Presentation for the Web, Kindle版, O'Reilly Media,頁號 126:
      Like the em unit, the rem unit is based on declared font size. The difference — and it’s a doozy — is that whereas em is calculated using the font size of the element to which it’s applied, rem is always calculated using the root element.
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doozy (一般不用比較級比較級 doozier最高級 dooziest)

  1. (俚語過時) 厉害的,很好的,牛屄(1903)
    • 1903, Alfred Leon Kleberg, Slang Fables from Afar,頁號 83:
      As soon as the races were billed he began to evolve Schemes — one Doozy scheme followed the other...
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    • 2011, “Feeling Pinkie Keen”, 出自 My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic:
      The hydra wasn't the doozy? How could it not be the doozy? What could be doozier than that?
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  2. (俚語美國古舊) 花哨的,俗艳(1911)
    • 1917, Elsie Warnock, “Terms of approbation and eulogy in American dialect speech”, 出自 Dialect Notes, 卷 IV,頁號 21:
      Who was that doozy fellow I saw you with?
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    • 1920, Jane Barrett, “English review”, 出自 High School Life, 卷 21,頁號 531:
      Sweetie, do let me show you the dooziest little afternoon frock that Poiret designed for me in Paris.
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  • "Doozy" in J.E. Lighter, Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang volume 1, 1994.