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."
双语例句
1. I started to feel Toby was driving a wedge between us.
我开始觉得托比在挑拨我们之间的关系。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The Martell Cup Chase was won by the evens favourite Toby Tobias.
最被同额赌注赌家看好的托比·托拜厄斯赢得了马特尔杯追逐赛。
来自柯林斯例句
3. It was inconceivable to me that Toby could have been my attacker.
