jiggy

FREQ #39503

a. 活跃的;激动的

发音

AU /ˈd͡ʒɪɡi/

词形变化

jiggier jiggiest more jiggy 比较级 jiggier 比较级 most jiggy 最高级 jiggiest 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Resembling or suggesting a jig.

    [1916], 2004, Annie Hamilton Donnell, Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1419134671&id=qU0TRF3GqzIC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&sig=omSLlDSrnJuoz4MXcYZv4kmsWCM “He likes jiggy tunes best—please sing him jiggy tunes.”

    We have always known this “little foolish thing”—Dad’s description of “The Swapping Song.” Very often it is used for baby-bouncing, because of its jiggy rhythm.

  2. 2.

    Crazy.

    俚语

    He's gone completely jiggy.

  3. 3.

    Jittery, fidgety, restless, excited.

    俚语

    If I was too jiggy to hold the syringe, he'd shoot me up.

  4. 4.

    Extravagant, wonderful, excellent, enjoyable, exciting, stylish, cool, successful.

    俚语

    Get yourself some jiggy gear.

  5. 5.

    Having fun, enjoying oneself totally; losing one's inhibitions, especially when dancing or performing to music.

    俚语

    Latin groovers get jiggy at the mercury-hot Conga Room on Wilshire Boulevard.

    When Ally McBeal's writers decided to have […] Calista Flockhart get jiggy with an imaginary dancing baby […]

相关短语

词源

From jig + -y.

来源:wiktionary