familiar form of masc. proper name Tobias, in various colloquial usages, such as "jug" (1840), "drinking mug in the form of a stout old man;" as a type of collar (1882) it refers to that worn by the dog Toby in 19c. Punch and Judy shows. Also in Toby show (by 1942, American English) "comedy act based on the stock character of a boisterous, blundering yokel."
雙語例句
1. I started to feel Toby was driving a wedge between us.
我開始覺得托比在挑撥我們之間的關系。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The Martell Cup Chase was won by the evens favourite Toby Tobias.
最被同額賭注賭家看好的托比·托拜厄斯贏得了馬特爾杯追逐賽。
來自柯林斯例句
3. It was inconceivable to me that Toby could have been my attacker.