grig
n. 蟋蟀, 小鳗, 快活的人
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词形变化
释义与例句
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1.
A dwarf.
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A cricket or grasshopper.
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3.
A small or young eel.
[W]e assembled at one o'clock, at two sat down to dinner, consisting of capital stewed grigs, a dish Mrs Burt was famous for dressing, a large joint of roast or boiled meat, with proper vegetables and a good-sized pudding or pie […] .
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4.
Specifically, the broad-nosed eel. See glut.
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1.
Heath or heather.
英国 方言
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1.
To irritate or annoy.
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词源
The word is often used in the phrase "merry as a grig". The word is of uncertain origin, though various theories have been suggested, such as a corruption of "merry as a cricket" or "merry as a Greek", as in William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida: "Then she's a merry Greek indeed." Johnson suggested that the word originally meant "anything below the natural size" (compare Swedish krik and Scots crick).
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