gooey英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A thing which is soft or viscous, and sticky. informal

— On impulse, Pat stopped at a bakery. […] He came out with a box full of gooies—éclairs, cream horns, Napoleons— […] and we parked outside the college grounds and ate them, yapping at each other and smearing ourselves with chocolate and cream.
A person who is regarded as weak or worthless; a fool. dated,derogatory,figuratively,informal

— But only a confirmed chump and irremediable ‘gooey’ comes up for a third ‘chuck.’ […] ‘Jest jollyin’ these gooeys, that’s how’, he said.
A person who favours closer relationships with other people and less structured settings, rather than formal, organized settings; also, an educational approach, curriculum, etc., which is less structured. US,figuratively,informal

— Planned variation was based on systematically applying different educational approaches developed by academic experts, each of whom was to become a "sponsor" of a single type of program – from highly structured classroom models, sometimes called "pricklies," to open classrooms and more exploratory environments, dubbed "gooeys."

形容词 adj.

Having the consistency of goo: soft or viscous, and sticky. informal

— gooey liquid covered the floor
Emotional or sentimental, especially to an excessive extent; mushy, soppy. figuratively,informal

— What flower has been bred in more than three thousand varieties, and become the symbol of the gooeyest human sentimentality and pampering?
Distasteful, unpleasant. archaic,figuratively,informal

— Mr. Hugh Dillman's Palm Beach divorce suit will be gooey, Three of his golf-playing ???? will be mentioned …

词形变化

gooeyer comparative gooier comparative gooeyest superlative gooiest superlative gooeys plural gooies plural

词汇关系

衍生词

gooey butter cake gooeyness gooiness gooily ooey-gooey

词源

词源 1

Etymology tree
English burgoo?
Proto-Indo-European *gleyH-
Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥
Proto-Italic *gloiten
Latin glūten
Late Latin glūs
Old French glubor.
Middle English glew
English glue?
English goo
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -ey
English gooey
The adjective is derived from goo + -ey (a variant of -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’)). The noun is derived from the adjective.

词源 2

Etymology tree
English burgoo?
Proto-Indo-European *gleyH-
Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥
Proto-Italic *gloiten
Latin glūten
Late Latin glūs
Old French glubor.
Middle English glew
English glue?
English goo
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -ey
English gooey
The adjective is derived from goo + -ey (a variant of -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’)). The noun is derived from the adjective.