limey

FREQ #34898

n. 英国海军, 英国人

发音

AU /ˈlaɪmi/

词形变化

limeys 复数 limeys limier 比较级 limiest limiest 最高级

别名

Limey

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An Englishman or other Briton, or a person of British descent; an English or British immigrant.

    澳大利亚 新西兰 美国 俚语
  2. 2.

    An English or British ship.

    过时 贬义 俚语
adj.
  1. 1.

    Resembling limes (the fruit); lime-like.

  2. 2.

    Of, or pertaining to, limes (the fruit).

    This drink is full of limey goodness.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

englishman

词源

In adjectival senses, by surface analysis, lime + -y. In the sense of Englishman, reduced from the 19th century term lime-juicer (“a British ship”), from the lime juice British ships carried to ward off scurvy.

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