chee chee

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A breast, tit. US,in-plural,slang
  2. A mixed-race person of British and Eurasian origin and in particular of Anglo-Indian descent. UK,archaic,countable,ethnic,obsolete
    — Pretty little Looking-Glasses, / Good and cheap for Chee-chee Misses.
  3. The speech style of these people. UK,archaic,attributive,countable,obsolete
    — He is no favourite with the pure native, whose language he speaks as his own in addition to the hybrid minced English (known as chee-chee), which he also employs.

词形变化

chee chees plural chee-chee alternative chee chees plural chee-chee alternative

词源

词源 1
Probably from Spanish chichi
词源 2
Hobson-Jobson (see References) stated that the word is "said to be taken from chi (fie!), a common native (South Indian) interjection of remonstrance or reproof, supposed to be much used by the class in question. The term is, however, perhaps also a kind of onomatopoeia, indicating the mincing pronunciation which often characterises them." Hotten stated in his 1870 Slang Dictionary "it takes its origin from a very common expression of these half-caste females, "CHEE-CHEE," equivalent to our "Oh, fie! - Nonsense! - For shame!" Merriam-Webster (see References) states "probably from Hindi chī-chī fie!, literally, dirt".
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