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单词 chivvy
释义

chivvyn.

/ˈtʃɪvi/
Forms: Also chivey, chivy.
Etymology: Short for Chevy Chase (see chevy n. 4b).
= face n. 1a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [noun]
leera700
nebeOE
onseneeOE
wlitec950
anlethOE
nebshaftc1225
snouta1300
facec1300
visage1303
semblantc1315
vicea1325
cheera1350
countenance1393
front1398
fashiona1400
visurec1400
physiognomyc1425
groina1500
faxa1522
favour1525
facies1565
visor1575
complexiona1616
frontispiecea1625
mun1667
phiz1687
mug1708
mazard1725
physiog1791
dial plate1811
fizzog1811
jiba1825
dial1837
figurehead1840
Chevy Chase1859
mooey1859
snoot1861
chivvy1889
clock1899
map1899
mush1902
pan1920
kisser1938
boat1958
boat race1958
punim1965
1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 246/2 Chivy (thieves), the face.
1891 J. S. Farmer Slang II. 99/1 Chivy or Chevy (thieves'), the face..: c. 1886. Music Hall Song. ‘'Aint he got an artful chevy.’
1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 29 Wot! wiv a chivey like that?
1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 217 Yer orter seen Bill's chivey.
1916 J. B. Cooper Coo-oo-ee x. 143 Just as if the Egyptians had carved your dial in stone, Hawley, just as if your hard chivvy was what it looks like—a stone.
1958 A. Wilson Middle Age of Mrs Eliot iii. 335 I can't keep this look of modest pride on my chivvy forever.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

chivvyv.1

Brit. /ˈtʃɪvi/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪvi/
Etymology: A form of chevy v.
To harry, harass, trouble, worry.
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1918 Chrons. N.Z.E.F. 27 Feb. 37/1 Doris..and I chivvied the chicken around till we caught her.
1923 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 350/1 A small girl with a wire hook was chivvying the frying morsels about.
1924 Glasgow Herald 11 Mar. 7 For nearly an hour Mr Tom Shaw was teased and chivvied.
1932 E. Waugh Black Mischief ii. 73 Sakuyu warriors played hide and seek among the rocks, chivvying the last fugitives of the army of Seyid.
1951 R. Hoggart Auden iv. 122 Auden probably felt more justified in chivvying people.
1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes 9 If they chivvied him, he would raise the red herring of his projected work.
1957 Economist 16 Nov. 564/2 The government that lends its signature to a treaty may fall, or be chivvied into tacitly revoking it by opposition leaders.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

chivvyv.2

Brit. /ˈtʃɪvi/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪvi/
Forms: Also chivey.
slang.
To ‘knife’; = chiv vb. at chiv n.3 Derivatives.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > cut > with razor
chiv1725
razor1878
carve1929
chivvy1959
1959 A. Lejeune Crowded & Dangerous vii. 79 We wanted to go round and chivvy him.
1960 K. Hopkins Dead against Princ. iii. 22 He got chivvied at Brighton races.
1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1036/2 Chivey, chivvy (gen. as ppl. adj. chiv(v)ied), to slash (a person) with a knife..C[ent.] 20.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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