单词 | peeps |
释义 | peepsn. slang in later use. With plural agreement. = people n. (in various senses); spec. (with possessive adjective) one's close friends or associates. Also as a form of address.The earlier quots. represent the speech of non-native English speakers. ΘΚΠ the world > people > [noun] maneOE worldOE all fleshc1000 mankinOE earthOE little worldc1175 man's kinda1200 mankinda1225 worldrichec1275 slimec1315 kindc1325 world1340 sectc1400 humanityc1450 microcosma1475 peoplea1500 the human kindred?1533 race1553 homo1561 humankind1561 universality1561 deadly?1590 mortality1598 rational1601 vicegerent1601 small world1604 flesh and blooda1616 mannity1621 human race1623 universea1645 nations1667 public1699 the species1711 Adamhood1828 Jock Tamson's bairns1832 folx1833 Bimana1839 human1841 peeps1847 menfolk1870 manfolk1876 amniota1879 peoplekind1956 personkind1972 1847 Janesville (Wisconsin Territory) Gaz. 29 Dec. The following concise and appropriate prayer was once offered in the Michigan Legislature, by a French chaplain: ‘O Lor! Bless de peeps and their servant de representatives. May dey make laws for de peeps and not for demselves—amen.’ 1868 S. Smith Theatrical Managem. in West & South 173/2 ‘I hear,’ said he to me, ‘dat in dis Cincinnati de peops very mush fond of de musique, and de eat and de drink is sheep [i.e. cheap].’ 1951 Chicago Tribune 29 Dec. ii. 1/1 Around the country, high schoolers are greeting each other with ‘Hi, peeps’ (short for ‘hello, people’, of course). 1973 M. Gordon & G. Gordon Informant xli. 155 At 7:45 a.m. the ‘peeps’ trooped in yawning. 1988 H. Enfield Wad & Peeps 94/1 Golf, the sport of badly dressed peeps all round the world. 1997 Source Oct. 156/3 [The] recording studio is located close enough to his hometown for him to maintain a constant rapport with his peeps. 2000 D. Adebayo My Once upon Time (2001) vii. 143 I ain't really doin' no full-blown interview right now... I came to hang with my peeps. With my peeps. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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