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willy-willy

/wil-ee-wil-ee/US // ˈwɪl iˌwɪl i //UK // (ˈwɪlɪˈwɪlɪ) //

威利威利

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural wil·ly-wil·lies.Australian,Meteorology.

    • : dust devil: A column of dust, held aloft by a willy-willy, rises high into the air in South Australia.
    • : tropical cyclone: another willy-willy forming over the Timor Sea.

Examples

  • These crafters of personal brands are the new Brooklyn Willy Lomans with only themselves to sell.

  • The film, silent and seven minutes in length, featured cabaret star Louise Willy performing a sultry striptease.

  • At the climax of the play, Willy Loman ruefully tells his two sons that he was fired that day from his job.

  • As Steve Martin said on Twitter, “If you missed him as Willy Loman, you missed a Willy Loman for all time.”

  • But it was his Willy Loman that theater audiences of recent years will remember.

  • You will remember that when you came to our assistance outside Meerut she was determined to take us, willy-nilly, to Delhi.

  • Little Willy Gay looked at that picture very carefully, and soon made practical use of it, as I will tell you.

  • So much, at least, we had gained—we were no longer being carried willy-nilly out of our way.

  • When Willy was two years old, he lived in a red farmhouse with a yard in front of it.

  • One bright morning Willy's mamma put on his straw hat, and sent him out in the yard to play.