| 释义 |
jimmies, n. pl. colloq.
= jim-jam 3 and 3 b.
1900J. C. Harris On Wing of Occasions 42 Take 'im to the hospital, Tim; 'tis the only way to clear the jimmies from his head. 1921A. Mason Flying Bo'sun xxvi. 216 Riley,..you drank too much Scotch last night; be careful that you don't get the Jimmies and jump overboard. 1928New Yorker 22 Dec. 18/3 Him popping down the chimney—well, frankly, it gives me the jimmies. 1945Baker Austral. Lang. x. 199 Britts up, to have the, to be alarmed. From ‘to have the wind up’ and ‘have the sh-ts’, by rhyming slang on the name of the former lightweight boxing champion of the world, Jimmy Britt, who was on vaudeville tour in Australia during World War No. 1. To have the jimmies is an extension. 1961P. White Riders in Chariot xi. 415 She was not accustomed to see the grey light sprawling on an empty bed; it gave her the jimmies. |