skelly

[人名] [爱尔兰姓氏] 斯凯利 Scully的变体

发音

/ˈskɛli/

词形变化

skellies 复数 skellied skellies 三单 skellies skellying skellying 现在分词 skellied 过去式 skellied 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A squint.

    苏格兰 古体
  2. 1.

    A skeleton, especially a human one.

    俚语

    We went spelunking in some caves and got quite the scare when we found some skellies in there.

  3. 1.

    Alternative form of skully (“street game of flicking caps”).

    不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To squint.

    苏格兰
  2. 2.

    To look at

    苏格兰

词源

Probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *skjelga ("to squint"; found only in the reflexive skjelgask (“to come askew; squint the eyes”)), from Proto-Germanic *skilgijaną (“to squint”), from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, *skelhwaz, *skelgaz (“slanted; sloping; squinting”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to bend; crook”). Compare Danish skele (“to squint”), Swedish skela (“to squint”), Scots skellie, scalie, skellice (“to squint; look to the side”), German schielen (“to squint”).

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