gally

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Archaic form of galley. alt-of,archaic
    — In the Year 1746, an Indian of Buenos Ayres having been condemned to the Gallies at Cadiz, proposed to the Governor to purchase his Liberty by exposing his Life at a public Festival.
  2. Diminutive of gal (“girl”). diminutive,form-of,no-plural
动词 v.
  1. To frighten, spook; to appall; to worry. UK,dialectal
    — April 8 1700, Tom Brown, letter to Mr. Briscoe in Covent-Garden The next Day being Sunday, call'd by the Natives of this Country Maze Sunday, (and indeed not without some Reason, for the People look'd as if they were gallied) […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Characterised by or resembling gall; bitter.
    — For by the Dart, which is likewise a pipe, is made a deep passage into the skin, and then by the anger of the Fly, is his gally poisonous liquor injected […].

词形变化

gallies plural more gally comparative most gally superlative gallies present,singular,third-person gallying participle,present gallied participle,past gallied past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English gally, from Old English gealliġ (“sour, sharp, bitter, sad”), equivalent to gall + -y.
词源 2
See gallow (transitive verb).
词源 3
From gal + -y.
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