| 释义 |
gassy, a.|ˈgæsɪ|
[f. gas n.1 + -y1.]
1. Abounding in gas; of the nature of gas.
1757tr. Henckel's Pyritol. 160 The volatile spirit will..smell extremely quick, pungent and gassy. 1842Blackw. Mag. LI. 173 A clear, gassy, sea-coal fire, puffing and fizzing in smiling welcome. 1878F. Ferguson Pop. Life Christ xviii. 174 The gassy spring at Kissingen begins to bubble up at about the same time every day. 1891G. Meredith One of our Conq. III. xiii. 290 The gassy passages of the back of the theatre.
2. slang. Characterized by ‘gas’ or empty talk; given to ‘gassing’.
1863B. Taylor H. Thurston I. 139 Woodbury..was amused at the remarks of the crowd: ‘He?—oh, he's a gassy old fellow’. 1875Whitney Life Lang. ii. 17 As when we call an empty and sophistical but ready talker ‘gassy’. 1892Ld. Rosebery in Daily News 24 June 5/8 The last development of the Irish question was a gassy meeting in St. James's Hall the previous night. |