Tommy

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˈtɒmi/    美 /ˈtɑmi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Ellipsis of Tommy Atkins, a typical private in the British army; a British soldier. abbreviation,alt-of,colloquial,ellipsis
    — Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?" But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll
  2. Ellipsis of Tommy Atkins, a typical private in the British army; a British soldier.; Any common soldier; a member of the rank and file. broadly,colloquial
    — May was in New Zealand when war broke out, and immediately left for France, where she worked in a military hospital in a converted high school in Marseilles. Writing home, she said that the French officers were said to be 'fussy' so she was glad to be nursing the Tommies (meaning French rank and file): 'they are brave and good, and patient, and such grateful patients. They are helpful to each other, and take such an interest in their fellow sufferers.'
  3. A lesbian. obsolete,rare
    — Here, here, here again! Coquettes, flirts, harlots, adultereſſes, tulips, pinks, roſes, lilies, violets, wormwood, fennel, and hemlock! Unnatural, unnatural, unnatural! Tommies, Tommies, Tommies! Women kiſſing women; doating, languiſhing, dying, pining, crying, caterwauling, for each other! Ha, ha, ha! O the madneſs of this age!
  4. Ellipsis of tommy boy. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
专有名词
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Thomas.
    — The Tory hard right is in the ascendancy, and a fascist street movement – led by convicted fraudster Tommy Robinson – represents a growing threat.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Thomasina.

词形变化

Tommies plural

词汇关系

近义词
Tommy Atkins
衍生词
Sticking Tommy Texas Tommy Tommy Atkins Tommy Boy Tommy come tickle me Tommy John surgery Tommy Stick

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Aramaic תאמא
Aramaic תאומאbor.
Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs)bor.
Latin Thōmāsbor.
Middle English Thomas
Middle English Thomme
English Tom
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English Tommy
From Tom + -y.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Aramaic תאמא
Aramaic תאומאbor.
Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs)bor.
Latin Thōmāsbor.
Middle English Thomas
Middle English Thomme
English Tom
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English Tommy
From Tom + -y.
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