| 释义 |
▪ I. chizz, n.1
[From the sound.]
= chirr.
1884G. M. Fenn Hard to Win lix, Then from the dry grass hard by came the shrill crisp chizz of the grasshopper.
▪ II. chizz, chiz, n.2 slang.|tʃɪz|
[See chizz v.]
A swindle; a nuisance. Also as int. (see quot. 1959).
1953G. Willans Down with Skool! i. 20 More chizzes about headmasters. Ibid. v. 76 It is time we sent Nigel to skool chiz! 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren ix. 161 The new lamentations ‘grue’ or ‘grooh’ (from gruesome) and ‘chiz’ or ‘chiz-chiz’ (cross between chisel and swiz ?). 1961Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. 1036/2 ‘What a chizz!’ What a nuisance. C[ent.] 20.
▪ III. chizz, v. slang.|tʃɪz|
[Shortened form of chisel v.1]
= chisel v.1 3. So ˈchizzer, a swindler; ˈchizzing vbl. n., cheating.
1935‘N. Blake’ Question of Proof viii. 154 ‘I suppose Wemyss wasn't a member of the Black Spot?’ ‘I should think he jolly well wasn't, slimy little chizzer!’ 1948C. Day Lewis Otterbury Incident iv, Toppy was in favour of using a real charity..whose initials could secretly stand for our own charitable object. Ted was against this. He said it was too like chizzing. |