bandy

Word family

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ban·dy1 /ˈbændi/ adjectiveadj

1.HBHbandy legs curve out at the knees 两膝向外曲的，罗圈腿的

—bandy-legged /ˌbændi ˈleɡd◂, -ˈleɡɪd◂/ adjectiveadj

Examples from the Corpus

bandy• His two drivers are bandy, bleach-blond Dan Runte and tall, woolly haired Eric Meagher.• I had a boss-eye and buck-teeth and bandy legs ... but my mummy loved me.

bandy2 (bandied, bandying, bandies) verb

1.bandy words (with somebody) old-fashionedARGUE to argue （与某人）争吵，吵嘴

Examples from the Corpus

bandy words (with somebody)• Voice over Here it's a virtue to have no belief in what you say, bandying words is an admired skill.• We can not bandy words with Nature, or deal with her as we deal with persons.

2 bandy something ↔ about/around phrasal verbphr v DISCUSSto mention an idea, name, remark etc several times, especially in order to seem impressive 盛传

Many names have been bandied about in the press as the manager’s replacement.

报上传着许多人的名字，说是要接替经理的位置。

Examples from the Corpus

bandy• For years people have bandied about the idea of supplementing the Pusch Ridge herd with sheep brought in from elsewhere.• A price of £10,000 has been bandied about.• Estimates ranging from ten thousand to thirty thousand were bandied about.• It is about 100m, though the figure of 200m is often bandied about.• Yet, as was suggested earlier in this section, new ideas were being bandied about.• We can not bandy words with Nature, or deal with her as we deal with persons.

Origin bandy1