gummy

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 gŭmʹi

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Clipping of gummy shark. Australia,abbreviation,alt-of,clipping
    — Over there [the UK], gummies are called smooth hound and a six kilo fish would stop the nation.
  2. A gummi candy. plural-normally
    — I opened the fridge to take out my lunch and gave her a gummy. She licked my hand gratefully as I placed the food into the microwave and when it was heated up, she watched me eat and when I was done, she licked my plate happily.
  3. A sheep that is losing or has lost its teeth. Australia,New-Zealand
形容词 adj.
  1. Showing the gums.
    — a gummy grin
  2. Resembling gum (the substance).
  3. Covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
    — the gummie bark of Firr or Pine
  4. Thick; fat. archaic,slang
    — Probably, in times gone by, when flowing gowns were seldom worn in England, some fashionable dame of high degree, having splay feet, or gummy ankles, might have put them under cover.

词形变化

gummier comparative gummiest superlative gummies plural gummier comparative gummiest superlative gummies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
gumminess ungummy gummy bear gummy squirrel gummy tumor gummy tumour gummy up
相关词
chewing-gummy

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English gum
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English gummy
From gum (“flesh around teeth”) + -y.
词源 2
From gum (“(substance)”) + -y. The noun was influenced by gummi (from German).
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