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gussy的意思

gussy

美 ['ɡʌsi]
  • vt. 装饰;粉饰
  • n. 装饰;粉饰

gussy

中文词源


gussy 花枝招展的

来自常用名Augustus的昵称,字面意思为大的,壮观的,词源同augment. 用于学生俚语,娘娘腔的男生,花枝招展的。

英文词源


gussy (v.)
"to dress up or decorate in a showy way," 1952, American English slang, apparently from Gussy (adj.), schoolyard slang for "overly dressed" (1940); perhaps related to gussie "effeminate man" (1901) and somehow connected to the nickname for Augusta and Augustus.

双语例句


1. The interest quickly faded, and we rushed to gussy it up with pretty colors and animations.
兴趣很快已褪色, 和我们向上以漂亮的颜色和动画对装饰冲了它.

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