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If two people are chummy, they are friendly in a close, easy way — like old friends who slap each other on the back. It comes from chum, an informal word for a friend, plus -y.
If two people are chummy如果兩個人chummy they它們 are friendly就是用親近、輕鬆的方式 in a close, easy way彼此友好 like old friends就像老朋友那樣 who slap each other on the back會互相拍拍背。It它 comes from chum來自chum這個字 an informal word for a friend一個表示朋友的非正式用字 plus -y再加上-y
The feeling can be warm. It can also sound a little too close, or even a bit suspicious: Don’t get too chummy with him can mean ‘don’t act as if you are best friends until you know what he wants.’ It is informal, a little old-fashioned or in British English, and you would not put it in a serious letter.
The feeling這種感覺 can be warm可以是溫暖的。It它 can also sound a little too close有時候也聽起來太過親近 or或者 even a bit suspicious甚至有點可疑 Don't get too chummy with him『別跟他太麻吉』 can mean可以是指 'don't act as if you are best friends until you know what he wants.'「在你搞清楚他想要什麼之前，別表現得像最好的朋友一樣」 It它 is informal, a little old-fashioned or jokey in British English是英式英語裡有點過時或戲謔的非正式用字 and而 you你 would not put it in a serious letter不會把它寫進正式的信裡
Americans understand it but use it less. As a noun, a chummy for ‘a friend’ is possible but much rarer; the usual meaning is the adjective.
Americans美國人 understand it聽得懂它 but但 use it less用得比較少。As a noun當名詞用 a chummy for 'a friend'chummy指「朋友」 is possible也是可以的 but much rarer但少見得多 the usual learner meaning學習者通常要知道的意思 is the adjective是形容詞用法
組成chum (informal ‘friend’) + -y (having that quality).
同家族的字
- chumthe older informal word for a friend
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
chummyadj/ˈt͡ʃʌ.mɪ/
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informalFriendly
- Yeah, I was just being nice! I was being nice and chummy!
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informalFriendly:
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informalOn intimate terms
- Lachey and Olson have become rather chummy the last couple of years—they slide each other free tickets, they visit each other at practice sessions and games, their wives hang out—and, well, Olson has been filling Lachey’s head with a lot of baseball talk.
- From what Brandon tells me, Andrea is getting pretty chummy with her dorm advisor!
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informalOn intimate terms:
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informalOn intimate terms:
chummynoun/ˈt͡ʃʌ.mɪ/
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Synonym of chum (“friend, pal”).
- Meanwhile the Tommies had discovered several large tins of ham in the captured lorry. 'That,' said the big Nazi, 'is for our tea.' 'No,' said a Tommy sergeant-major. 'That's for our tea. For you, chummy, we've kept a nice bit of bull.'
- Sonny's knotted, distrustful face relaxed all at once. "You're goddamned right about that, chummy!" he exclaimed.
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obsoleteA boy who works for a chimney sweep.
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slanggovernmentlaw-enforcementNickname for a person, especially a suspect or criminal.
- What happens when the Old Bill turns up and want to look at 'chummies^([sic]) dental records, guv, 'cos 'e's bitten a bloke's ear off in the pub'?
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datedA felt hat with a low crown.
- When Nipper was bowling he came in to the silliest of silly points, put his chummy hat well over his eyes, spat on his hands and generally annoyed the batsman so much that he lost his temper, […]
- Joy Banham recalled that in 1942, some three years into the war, when the privilege of wearing the tricorn hat was extended to petty officers: 'While I was at St David's the new tricorn hats for Petty Officers came on stream. As new girls were drafted to us they came wearing the new hats. Whereas we still had the old canvas “chummies” and we were quite envious.
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A person or thing with a name that one cannot immediately recall.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。