chav

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /t͡ʃæv/    美 /t͡ʃæv/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle. Ireland,UK,derogatory,offensive
    — Lyrical staff / Never could they ever take me for a chav / Scholar in the English, scholar in the Math / Dizzee ain't no riff raff

词形变化

chavs plural

词源

Origin uncertain; probably of Angloromani origin. Compare Romani chavi (“male child”) or ćhavo, shavo (“female child”), chal (“boy”), chavvy (“mate, friend”), compare Swedish tjej; possibly cognate with Portuguese chavalo, Spanish chaval, German Chabo, Russian чувак (čuvak), Hungarian csávó. See also charva.
Derivations from council-housed and violent, Cheltenham average (and similar) are folk-etymological backronyms.
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