skell

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. a homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway. New-York,US,slang
    — Did you see those two skells lying in the doorway?
  2. A male suspicious person or crime suspect, especially a street person such as a drug dealer, pimp or panhandler. New-York,US,jargon,slang
动词 v.
  1. To fall off or fall over. intransitive,slang
    — She went skelling over on the ice.

词形变化

skells plural skel alternative skells present,singular,third-person skelling participle,present skelled participle,past skelled past

词源

* Perhaps from skeleton, describing the often skeletal appearance of drug users.
* Alternatively, from skellum or skelder ("to beg in the streets"). Used by Ben Jonson, 1599.
* In the sense of a suspicious person, popularized by the American TV police drama NYPD Blue.
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