buddy

英 ['bʌdɪ] 美['bʌdi]

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复数: buddies;

1. 助记方法：谐音“八弟”------既然是你的八弟，那么当然就是你的兄弟、好朋友啦。

buddy 伙计

来自brother的昵称。

buddy (n.): 1850, American English, possibly an alteration of brother, or from British colloquial butty "companion" (1802), itself perhaps a variant of booty in booty fellow "confederate who shares plunder" (1520s). But butty, meaning "work-mate," also was a localized dialect word in England and Wales, attested since 18c., and long associated with coal miners. Short form bud is attested from 1851. Reduplicated form buddy-buddy (adj.) attested by 1952, American English.
Lenny Kent, a long-time fave here, is really in his element. ... After four weeks here he's got everone in town saying, "Hiya, Buddy, Buddy" with a drawl simulating his. [Review of Ned Schuyler's 5 O'Clock Club, Miami Beach, Fla., "Billboard," Nov. 12, 1949]
Buddy system attested from 1920.
buddy (v.): 1931, perhaps originally U.S. underworld slang, usually with up, from buddy (n.). Related: Buddied; buddying.