jemmy

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sheep's head used as food. Ireland,UK,archaic,slang
  2. An immigrant. Australia,slang
  3. A greatcoat. obsolete,slang
    — your friend in the green jemmy
  4. Alternative spelling of jimmy (“crowbar”). alt-of,alternative
    — Louisa fetched the jemmy, and they approached the house in a line;.
动词 v.
  1. To shoehorn, to cram.
    — two thousand people jemmied into a stadium built for fifteen hundred
  2. Alternative spelling of jimmy (“open with a crowbar”). alt-of,alternative
形容词 adj.
  1. Neat; elegant. archaic
    — I was agreeably surprised by seeing my young friend and companion, Robert Pott, driving up the avenue in a very jemmy equipage.

词形变化

jemmies plural jemmies present,singular,third-person jemmying participle,present jemmied participle,past jemmied past jemmier comparative jemmiest superlative

词源

词源 1
From Jemmy, diminutive of James. The verb is from the noun.
词源 2
From a variant of gim + -y.
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