paddy
noun /ˈpædi/
/ˈpædi/
(plural paddies)
- (also paddy field)a field in which rice is grown
稻田;水田 - a rice paddy
水稻田
- a rice paddy
- [usually singular] (British English, informal) a state of being angry or in a bad mood
synonym temper发火;发怒 - The news put him in a bit of a paddy.
这消息让他肝火上升。
- The news put him in a bit of a paddy.
词源sense 1 early 17th cent.: from Malay pādī.sense 2 late 19th cent.: from Paddy, associated with obsolete paddywhack ‘Irishman (given to brawling)’.