yogi
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ˈjəʊɡi/
美 /ˈjoʊɡi/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A devotee or adherent of yoga.
— To this day, yogins find that these disciplines, which have measurable physical and neurological effects, evoke a sense of calm, harmony and equanimity that is comparable to the effect of music.
动词 v.
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To turn (someone) into a yogi; to lead into practicing yoga.
— You do not even need to be psychoanalyzed, Rolfed, estered, altered, gelded, neutered, spayed, fixed, Mooned, acupunctured, meditated, Zenned, massaged, Cayced, yogied, New Aged, astrocharted, holisticized, computerized, megatrended, therapized, androgynized, evangelized, converted, or even, last and least, to be reborn.
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To persuade someone to give you food or other favors without actually begging.
— Ready to do some hiking now that we are through yogi-ing? I asked, grinning at Map Man. The hikers looked up at me quizzically, but Map Man knew yogi-ing meant the good natured way thru-hikers ask for food without actually begging.
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词源 1
From Hindi योगी (yogī), from Sanskrit योगिन् (yogin), from the verbal root yuj (class 7 present युनक्ति (yunakti, “to connect”)), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.
词源 2
From the cartoon character, Yogi Bear, who was known for conning tourists out of their picnics.
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