单词 | gipsy |
释义 | gipsy (once / 2325 pages) n WORD FAMILY gipsy: gipsies USAGE EXAMPLESBOB: "Time, you old gipsy man, / Will you not stay, / Pull up your caravan / Just for one day?" Slate(Dec 21, 2012) Gustav Mahler was right in affirming that too much gipsy has blurred the outlines of real Magyar music. Huneker, James, Franz Liszt(2012) Far down lights flitted in the gipsy quarter, and there came up a faint noise of singing and music. MacKenzie, Compton, The Early Life and Adventures of Sy...(2012) n a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment Syn|Hypo|Hyper gypsy, itinerant swagger, swaggie, swagman an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work tinkerformerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor Gipsy (once / 4213 pages) n WORD FAMILY Gipsy: Gipsies USAGE EXAMPLESDahl wrote many of his books in the hut in the garden of his home Gipsy House in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. BBC(Sep 14, 2016) When an article appeared on the website of a local paper about the Gipsy Queens, the comments were full of racist insults. New York Times(Aug 04, 2016) Even the day of the flood, even the house fire, even the Gipsy Kings, even, God forbid, Reggae Christmas. The Guardian(Apr 07, 2016) n a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America) Syn|Hypo|Hyper Bohemian, Gypsy, Roma, Romani, Romany, Rommany gitana a Spanish female Gypsy gitanoa Spanish male Gypsy Indian a native or inhabitant of India |
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