dibs

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
英 /dɪbz/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else. informal,uncountable
    — I call dibs on the hammock!
  2. A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East. dated,uncountable
    — Besides what is thus consumed, the village makes about 180,000 pounds of raisins , one third of which is for home consumption , and about 24,000 pounds of dibs, ( grape molasses , ) all of which is for home use
  3. plural of dib form-of,plural
  4. A child's game, played with dib bones or stones, throwing them up from one's palm and catching them on the back of the hand. obsolete
  5. Money. archaic,slang
    — Get hold of the dibs, says he, and then you are bound to be right.
动词 v.
  1. To claim a temporary right to (something); to reserve. informal
感叹词 intj.
  1. Used to claim this right. informal

词形变化

dibses present,singular,third-person dibsing participle,present dibsed participle,past dibsed past

词源

词源 1
Since the early 19th century, of disputed origin. Most commonly thought to be from dibstones (“counters used in a game with the same name”). Also from dib (“to tap”) or related to northern English dip (“small depression in the ground”), or a shortened version of divide.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Semitic *dibš-
Arabic دِبْس (dibs)bor.
English dibs
Borrowed from Arabic دِبْس (dibs).
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