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单词 ish
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ish1

adverb ɪʃiSH
informal
  • To some extent.

    ‘Are you busy?’ ‘Ish’
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Go buy for the small (ish) person in your life!
    • Glad he's getting paid the big (ish) bucks to represent the people.
    • I am still waiting for you to hook me up with a 40 ish or 50 ish woman!
    • Another 200 ish word writing from the pen (well typewriter) of yours truly.
    • I can only assume that it means you get little control over which of its 250 ish songs you want to listen to.
    • Just pictured them as 17 - ish.
    • Now, he has a Jewish (ish) name.
    • I woke up, convinced it was Saturday, and got up about fifteen minutes later, at 9: 15 ish.
    • But now I'm older and popularity is less of an issue and I've developed a unique (ish) identity to go with my humdrum name.
    • Her advice was simple: go west, young (ish) man.
    • On average, you should spot each numberplate number approximately once in every thousand (ish) plates.
    • This is a 100 (ish) mile cycle ride, with 500 riders, incorporating 8 nasty climbs.
    • Still a shame they close at midnight since we usually reach the party peak at 11 pm ish.
    • The album kicks off with "This," a gorgeous, rhythmic tune with Bowie-style vocals and ringing U2 - ish guitar.
    • We were a motley collection of mostly 30 - ish women, most of us quietly, happily married (well, except for me).
    • Started midday, finished midnight (ish).
    • This time next week she'll be back home for good ish!
    • Most are in the 20 - ish week of pregnancy.
    • We left around 11 ish which seemed to be the time that many were leaving.
    • Some of the guys would be in the 8-9 minute/mile range, and I would be running 7:40 ish / mile.

Origin

1980s: from -ish1.

ish2

noun ɪʃiSH
informal
  • An issue of magazine, journal, etc.

    the super duo appears in the latest ish
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Don't dare miss next ish!
    • Who could resist this teaser for the next ish?
    • I guess I'll flip through next month's ish, but I probably won't be buying.
    • My brother got a copy of the latest ish this afternoon.
    • A caption reminds us of the weighty importance of Peter's dangling question from the previous ish.
    • See next week's ish for details.

Origin

1940s: informal abbreviation of issue.

ish3

noun ɪʃiSH
mass nounUS informal
  • Used as a euphemism for ‘shit’

    that ish was hard for me to watch
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The snapshot shows them on some Bonnie and Clyde ish, with the pair wearing black face masks while joined by another couple.
    • Didn't he like invent that ish?
    • The Jonas Brothers were the ish back in the late 2000s.
    • You gotta peep the vids, funny as ish.
    • You don't know ish about cars.

Origin

1990s: alteration of shit.

 
 

ish1

adverbiSH
informal
  • To some extent.

    ‘Are you busy?’ ‘Ish’
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I am still waiting for you to hook me up with a 40 ish or 50 ish woman!
    • Now, he has a Jewish (ish) name.
    • This is a 100 (ish) mile cycle ride, with 500 riders, incorporating 8 nasty climbs.
    • Go buy for the small (ish) person in your life!
    • We were a motley collection of mostly 30 - ish women, most of us quietly, happily married (well, except for me).
    • We left around 11 ish which seemed to be the time that many were leaving.
    • Some of the guys would be in the 8-9 minute/mile range, and I would be running 7:40 ish / mile.
    • I can only assume that it means you get little control over which of its 250 ish songs you want to listen to.
    • Glad he's getting paid the big (ish) bucks to represent the people.
    • Another 200 ish word writing from the pen (well typewriter) of yours truly.
    • Still a shame they close at midnight since we usually reach the party peak at 11 pm ish.
    • But now I'm older and popularity is less of an issue and I've developed a unique (ish) identity to go with my humdrum name.
    • Her advice was simple: go west, young (ish) man.
    • On average, you should spot each numberplate number approximately once in every thousand (ish) plates.
    • Started midday, finished midnight (ish).
    • Most are in the 20 - ish week of pregnancy.
    • The album kicks off with "This," a gorgeous, rhythmic tune with Bowie-style vocals and ringing U2 - ish guitar.
    • This time next week she'll be back home for good ish!
    • I woke up, convinced it was Saturday, and got up about fifteen minutes later, at 9: 15 ish.
    • Just pictured them as 17 - ish.

Origin

1980s: from -ish.

ish2

nouniSH
informal
  • An issue of magazine, journal, etc.

    the super duo appears in the latest ish
    Example sentencesExamples
    • My brother got a copy of the latest ish this afternoon.
    • Who could resist this teaser for the next ish?
    • Don't dare miss next ish!
    • A caption reminds us of the weighty importance of Peter's dangling question from the previous ish.
    • See next week's ish for details.
    • I guess I'll flip through next month's ish, but I probably won't be buying.

Origin

1940s: informal abbreviation of issue.

ish3

nouniSH
US informal
  • Used as a euphemism for “shit”

    that ish was hard for me to watch
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Didn't he like invent that ish?
    • You gotta peep the vids, funny as ish.
    • You don't know ish about cars.
    • The snapshot shows them on some Bonnie and Clyde ish, with the pair wearing black face masks while joined by another couple.
    • The Jonas Brothers were the ish back in the late 2000s.

Origin

1990s: alteration of shit.

 
 
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