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If a drink is gassy, it has a lot of bubbles of gas in it — often too many. The gas is the fizz in cola or sparkling water. A gassy drink can make you burp; some people like that sharp feel, some people do not.
If a drink is gassy如果一種飲料是gassy的，it has a lot of bubbles of gas in it代表裡面有很多氣泡 — often too many常常多到有點過頭。The gas is the fizz這個氣指的就是那種嘶嘶冒泡的氣，in cola or sparkling water像可樂或氣泡水裡的那種。A gassy drink can make you burp喝了很gassy的飲料可能會打嗝；some people like that sharp feel有些人喜歡那種嗆嗆的感覺，some people do not有些人不喜歡。
This is an everyday, slightly informal word. British speakers use it a lot for fizzy drinks; Americans more often say fizzy or carbonated, and they may save gassy for how your stomach feels.
This is an everyday, slightly informal word這是個日常、有點口語的字。British speakers use it a lot for fizzy drinks英國人很常用這個字來形容有氣泡的飲料；Americans more often say fizzy or carbonated美國人比較常說fizzy或carbonated，and they may save gassy for how your stomach feels而把gassy留給形容肚子的感覺。
Though actually, English uses gassy in more than one place: a gassy stomach means you have too much gas inside you and feel tight and full of air; and people sometimes call talk gassy when it is full of empty words, like hot air. The drink meaning is the one this entry is for.
Though actually, English uses gassy in more than one place不過其實，英文裡gassy不只用在一個地方：a gassy stomach means you have too much gas inside you and feel tight and full of aira gassy stomach是指肚子裡氣太多，覺得脹脹的、悶悶的；and people sometimes call talk gassy when it is full of empty words, like hot air有時候大家也會說一段話很gassy，是指裡面全是空話，就像放屁一樣沒營養。The drink meaning飲料的這個意思 is the one this entry is for才是這篇要講的重點。
組成gas + -y. -y means “full of” or “having a lot of”. So gassy is “full of gas”. Gas came into English from Dutch, from Greek kháos. That makes gassy a distant old partner of chaotic — they grew from the same Greek word, but they do not feel like family when you use them.
原始詞典資料6 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。
gassyadj/ˈɡæsi/
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Having the nature of, or containing, gas.
- In gassy curds, the condition that promotes the generation of gas, is opposed to the condition that favors the development of acid, and vice versa. Therefore, I believe the secret of making good cheese from gassy curds is to promote the development of lactic acid.
- In gassy and slightly gassy mines, approved electrical equipment has been allowed. In mines subject to instantaneous outbursts of gas, no electrical apparatus has been permitted.
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Having the nature of, or containing, gas.
- Bell pushes labelled "Steward" proved to be more than ornamental, even though gassy mineral waters may not be the ideal fare for a narrow-gauge journey.
- USAmericans just couldn't bring themselves to order "gassy" drinks. But once the buzz changed from "gassy" to "sparkling," the biz hit the jackpot. Now even Coke wants to be known for not for selling "carbonated beverages," but "sparkling beverages."
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Having the nature of, or containing, gas.
- The Renault burst effortlessly through what turned out to be an anorexic privet, and immediately encountered something more substantial in the form of an astonished and transfixed Cheviot. McGregor heard a gassy – groan half-baa and half-burp – as the sheep was bounced into the air, the Renault bludgeoning onwards beneath.
- SONG #5: VILLAIN SONG […] THEY LOVE ME 'CAUSE I'M NASTY. / I'M BAD AS I CAN BE. / I'M MEAN, OBSCENE, AND (Burp.) GASSY, / BUT THEY ALL STILL LOVE ME.
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Having the nature of, or containing, gas.
- […] Always go to the bathroom when feeling gassy and bloated, and never break wind in any public situation, especially not on hot dates!
- I could feel the pressure building but there was just no shielding / There were small explosions; hope nobody heard them / Followed by aroma; I tried to hold it in / I tried to hold it in but here we go again // Pass me the Gas-Free 'cause I'm feelin' kinda gassy / It may not be classy when I'm feelin' quite so raspy / Don't think I'm being passé when I say we all get gassy / So pass me the Gas-Free 'cause I'm feelin' kinda gassy
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Tending to cause flatulence.
- Beans are a gassy food.
- If your baby is colicky, and you are breastfeeding, sometimes you can relieve some of the baby's irritability by restricting your diet. Gassy foods, particularly gas-producing vegetables (such as cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and mushrooms), and gassy drinks (sodas, beer, and champagne) upset many babies, so consider eliminating those first.
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informalTending to be long-winded or wordy, especially in a boastful and vain manner.
- [H]e went home […] and told them about his trip; how at Ripon he saw the gassiest man he had ever seen; an old steamboat captain by the name of Mapes; how I told him where we were going to have colleges, mills, stores, etc., […] the last time I saw him before he died he told me that he had seen all my gassy story carried out, and more too.
- Oh, that we had gasometers to test, / What presidential candidate is best, / I mean the gassiest; for by such assay, / We might elect him in the shortest way, […]
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。