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A gee-gee is a horse — but only in the kind of English you use with small children, or when you are being . A little child “goes to see the gee-gees”.
A gee-geeGee-gee is a horse就是馬 but only in the kind of English但只在這種英文裡 you use with small children跟小小孩說話時用的 or when you are being playfully babyish或自己故意裝可愛時用的 A little child小小孩 goes to see the gee-gees會說「去看gee-gee」。
An adult talking seriously to another adult would just say horse. It is mainly British; American children are more likely to say horsie. The feeling is warm and a bit silly, never a textbook word.
An adult talking seriously to another adult大人正經地跟另一個大人說話時 would just say horse只會說horse(馬) It is mainly British這主要是英式用法 American children are more likely to say horsie美國小孩比較會說horsie The feeling is warm and a bit silly這種感覺溫暖又帶點傻氣 never a textbook word絕不是教科書上的字。
In older British talk, the gee-gees could even mean horse racing or a bet on horses, though that already sounds dated.
In older British talk在比較老派的英式說法裡 the gee-gees gee-gees甚至 could even mean horse racing可以指賽馬 or a bet on horses或賭馬 though that already sounds dated雖然這聽起來已經很過時了。
You would not write it in a science report, and you would not use it about a wild horse in a nature film unless you were talking to a child.
You would not write it in a science report你不會把它寫進科學報告裡 and you would not use it about a wild horse也不會用它形容一匹野馬 in a nature film在自然紀錄片裡 unless you were talking to a child除非你是在跟小孩說話。
組成Gee said twice. That gee was a command to an animal: move on, go faster, or turn right.
同家族的字
- geethe old command to a horse that this word repeats — not the surprise gee
原始詞典資料1 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。
gee-geenoun/ˈdʒiːˌdʒiː/
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A horse.
- [W]hen great Aunt Ryder was exhausted with carrying her little nephews pick-a-back, Aunt Ellen was always willing to become a ‘gee-gee’ or riding-horse in her place, although certainly one of no very prancing and fiery temperament.
- I once heard a gee-gee neigh. / I thought he was calling for heigh. / But a man tapped my head, / And smilingly said, / "It's just that he feels a bit geigh."
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。