| 释义 |
geewhillikins, int. orig. U.S.|dʒiːˈwɪlɪkɪnz|
Also ge-, je-, -whil(l)iken(s), -whil(l)ikin(s), -whit(t)aker(s).
[Perh. a fanciful substitute for Jerusalem!, but cf. next.]
= gee int.2
1851‘A. Missourian’ in T. A. Burke Polly Peablossom's Wedding, etc. 52 Jewhilliken, how he could whip er nigger! 1856Town Talk (San Francisco) 20 July 1/1 Gee-whitaker! what a kurchy she made, and bowed so low that I nearly fell outer my dickey onto the floor. 1857Knickerbocker Nov. 435 (Th.), And great Gewhilikins! wasn't the snow peppering down! 1865R. H. Newell Orpheus C. Kerr Papers ii. 31 Geewhillikins! how the critter did squawk and squeal. 1872Schele de Vere Americanisms 611 Jerusalem!, a favorite New England exclamation... In the West it is, as usual, improved to suit the louder taste of the people, and becomes Jewhillikin. 1884‘Mark Twain’ Huck. Finn xxxviii. 386 ‘Geewhillikins,’ I says, ‘but what does the rest of it mean?’ 1906E. Nesbit Railway Children xii. 251 When I tried to get up again I couldn't stand, so I sat down. Gee whillikins! it does hurt, though. 1932E. Weekley Words & Names viii. 112 Of similar origin [sc. euphemistic substitution] are gee-whittakers, gee-whiz, [etc.]. 1941C. S. Forester Capt. from Connecticut xx. 261 ‘Geewhillikins, sir,’ said Hubbard; the dark mobile face lengthened in surprise. |