nifty

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A possibly risqué comic story or anecdote. colloquial,dated
    — New subscribers are the life of our party (any advertiser will tell you that) just as the regular reader of CLIPPINGS becomes the life of any party (and why not with such a supply of “nifties” and bon mots).
  2. A trick. colloquial,dated
    — […] Winfield Sheehan had pulled a nifty on the wise guys of Hollywood and the film colony in Southern California when he disappeared for a week with a print of Sunrise, the Murnau picture recently completed.
形容词 adj.
  1. Good, smart; useful or beneficial, often in an impressively clever way. colloquial,dated
    — a nifty trick for reducing your household energy bill
  2. Stylish. colloquial,dated
    — nifty gear

词形变化

niftier comparative niftiest superlative nifties plural

词汇关系

衍生词
niftily niftiness

词源

词源 1
From *nift + -y. First element is of unknown origin. Possibly theatrical slang, as a shortened, altered form of Magnificat. Alternatively, perhaps a special use of US regional niffed (“put off, peeved”).
词源 2
From *nift + -y. First element is of unknown origin. Possibly theatrical slang, as a shortened, altered form of Magnificat. Alternatively, perhaps a special use of US regional niffed (“put off, peeved”).
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