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释义

Joe /jō/ (slang)

noun

A man, an ordinary fellow, esp (US) a soldier

Joey /jōˈi/ noun

  1. A circus clown, esp in the English tradition (Joseph Grimaldi)
  2. A fourpenny bit (obsolete) (Joseph Hume, MP, 1836)
  3. (sometimes without cap) a threepenny bit

Joe Baxi /bakˈsi/ noun (rhyming sl)

A taxi

Joe Blake noun (Aust rhyming sl)

  1. A snake
  2. (in pl) the shakes, delirium tremens (obsolete)

Joe Bloggs or (N American and Aust) Joe Blow noun

The average man in the street

Joe Miller noun

  1. An old or stale jest
  2. A joke-book

Joe Millerism noun

The habit of telling old jokes (Joe Miller (1684–1738), a comedian after whom a joke-book was named)

Joe Public or (chiefly US) Joe Sixpack noun

The average man in the street

Joe Soap or merely Joe noun

(RAF rhyming slang for dope) someone imposed on to perform unpleasant tasks

not for Joe see under Joseph

Joseph /jōˈzif/

noun
  1. Someone whose chastity is above temptation (from the story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife in the Bible, Genesis 39)
  2. (without cap) a caped overcoat worn by women in the 18c for riding (possibly in allusion to Joseph's coat, Genesis 37)

not for Joseph (or Joe)

Not on any account (prob from the refrain of a 19c music-hall song)

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