意指某事物要不極好 / 或是極壞! 英文怎麼說? "Doozy!"
電影中這個奇特的美式片語讓英國人一頭霧水
This weird American phrase from the movies is absolutely baffling to English people
它出現在像1993年"今天暫時停止"的電影中
It has appeared in movies as diverse as Groundhog Day (1993)
鋼鐵人
Iron Man
和蝙蝠俠.阿卡漢騎士冒險遊戲
and the Batman Arkham games
及諸如 Token 的饒舌音樂影片中
and as a rap video by Token
然而，'doozy' 是何意 ?
but what is a 'doozy'?
'doozy'意指某事物要不極好，
A 'doozy' can mean something very good
或是極壞
OR something very bad
-是一種極端的表示。
it's an extreme one of a kind.
它的出處不明.....
The origin is uncertain...
它也許是來自名為 "Duesey" 的汽車品牌
It may comes from the name of a car the "Duesey"
如2013年的電影"大亨小傳"中所見
as seen in the Great Gatsby (2013)
不過它也可能源自更早之前。
but its use probably predates that.
它可能來自Cleveland總統所鍾情的女演員 "Eleanor Duse"。
It may come from the actress Eleanor Duse loved by President Cleveland.
但它也可能來自 "daisy雛菊" 一字
but it probably comes from the word "daisy"
此字在18世紀意指極棒的事物 !
which back in the 18th Century meant something great!
下次觀看美劇時要多留意 'doozy' 一詞
Look out for the word 'doozy' next time you see an American movie
它真是一個 'doozy不尋常/極好or極差' 的字!
It's really a 'doozy' of a word!