dibs

FREQ #14189

n. 筹码, (非正式)钱, (非正式)要求, 保留权, 权利

发音

UK /dɪbz/
其它

词形变化

dibsed dibses 三单 dibses dibsing dibsing 现在分词 dibsed 过去式 dibsed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.

    非正式 不可数

    I call dibs on the hammock!

    He called dibs on batting first.

    Who's got dibs on the chips?

  2. 1.

    A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East.

    过时 不可数
  3. 1.

    plural of dib

  4. 2.

    A child's game, played with dib bones or stones, throwing them up from one's palm and catching them on the back of the hand.

    废旧
  5. 3.

    Money.

    古体 俚语
v.
  1. 1.

    To claim a temporary right to (something); to reserve.

    非正式
interj.
  1. 1.

    Used to claim this right.

    非正式

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

claim

相关短语

first dibs

词源

Since the early 19th century, of disputed origin. Most commonly thought to be from dibstones (“counters used in a game with the same name”). Also from dib (“to tap”) or related to northern English dip (“small depression in the ground”), or a shortened version of divide.

来源：wiktionary