skell

发音

AU

词形变化

skells 复数 skells skelled skelling skells 三单 skelling 现在分词 skelled 过去式 skelled 过去分词

别名

skel

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    a homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway.

    美国 俚语

    Did you see those two skells lying in the doorway?

  2. 2.

    A male suspicious person or crime suspect, especially a street person such as a drug dealer, pimp or panhandler.

    美国 俚语 法律
v.
  1. 1.

    To fall off or fall over.

    不及物 俚语

    She went skelling over on the ice.

词源

* Perhaps from skeleton, describing the often skeletal appearance of drug users. * Alternatively, from skellum or skelder ("to beg in the streets"). Used by Ben Jonson, 1599. * In the sense of a suspicious person, popularized by the American TV police drama NYPD Blue.

来源：wiktionary