gyp
英语 编辑
词源 1 编辑
可能源自gypsy (“吉普赛人”)，出自对吉普赛人总是是骗子的刻板印象。对比jew (“诈骗”)，源自Jew (“犹太人”)，以及welsh (“赖账”)，源自Welsh (“威尔士人”)。[1]
其他形式 编辑
发音 编辑
名词 编辑
gyp (複數 gyps)
- (貶義，有時冒犯) 诓骗，要价高，敲竹杠
- Why do we have to buy this new edition of the textbook when there’s almost no difference between it and the previous one? What a gyp!
- 为什么我们要买这教科书的新版？新版和旧版几乎没差。真是骗钱玩意。
- gypsy (“行列舞舞步”)之同義詞
用法说明 编辑
由于该词被认为派生自[1]地名Gypsy，反映了对罗姆人的种族性刻板印象，所以可能会被认为有冒犯意。详见gypsy的用法说明。
动词 编辑
gyp (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 gyps，現在分詞 gypping，一般過去時及過去分詞 gypped)
- (貶義，有時) 骗取，敲...的竹杠
- The cab driver gypped me out of ten bucks by taking the longer route.
- 出租车司机绕远路坑了我10块钱。
- You better watch out; they'll try to gyp you if you don't know what you're doing.
- 你最好小心。你不明白自己干什么的话他们会想坑你的。
用法说明 编辑
参见前文名词的用法说明。
词源 2 编辑
可能和词源1一样。早期理论认为其派生自古希臘語 γύψ (gúps, “秃鹫”)（/ɡýps/，对比希臘語 γύπας (gýpas) /ˈʝi.pas/），[1][2]“指仆人偷东西的习惯”（由此派生出词源1），但这一理论无法解释发音。
名词 编辑
gyp (複數 gyps)
- (劍橋大學，杜倫大學，歷史) 佣人 [3]
- 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books，頁號 40:
- All was neglect. The outer door of this room, which was open, was nearly on a level with the Quadrangle — some coats and trousers and boots were upon the ebony table and a "gyp" was brushing away at them just within the door — in wet weather he performed these functions entirely within the library, as innocent of the incongruity of his position as my guide himself.
- （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
- 1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, 1919, Longmans, page 15,
- 'Why, what is the matter with you, John?' I asked of the gyp who waited on Vincey and myself.
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, I [Uniform ed., p. 14]:
- Had he acted discourteously to his bedmaker or his gyp, he would have minded just as much … .
- (劍橋大學，杜倫大學) 雇员的房间
- (劍橋大學，杜倫大學) 学生用小厨房
词源 3 编辑
缩写。
名词 编辑
gyp (複數 gyps)
词源 4 编辑
可能源自gee up。
名词 编辑
gyp (複數 gyps)
- 痛苦
- My back's giving me gyp.
- 我的背真是折磨死我了。
参见 编辑
参考资料 编辑
- Gyp: Thieve, World Wide Words
- Etymology of "Gyp" / "gypped", Vocaboly.com
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “gyp”, 《在线词源词典》（Online Etymology Dictionary）
- ↑ http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/82874
- ↑ http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/archive-centre/archive-month/may-2010.html