核心畫面

One way to hold it: an open hand and two words said so fast they become one — give me. Everything else this word does is a thing that arrives in that hand without being earned.

可以想成:一隻伸出去的手,加上兩個講得太快而黏在一起的字——give me。這是它最原始的樣子。從這個畫面往外看,名更多收起可以想成:一隻伸出去的手,加上兩個講得太快而黏在一起的字——give me。這是它最原始的樣子。從這個畫面往外看,名詞的用法都在講「東西就這樣落到手上」。不用爭取,不用出力,有時甚至不用付錢。所以同一個字,有時指球場上算你進的那一推,有時指開幕送的袋子,有時指一件明顯到不必爭辯的事。

From the word’s history

The source gives the origin as a written form of a reduction of give me, which matches the modern core directly: the spelling records the sound of fast speech.

來源資料寫的是:gimme 是 give me 在口語中縮短之後被寫下來的形式。這條線索跟今天的核心畫面完全對得上——這個拼法本身就是一段錄音,記錄的是說話快的時候聽到的聲音。名詞的用法再從「給我」長出來:被給的那個東西,就是 a gimme。

Wiktionary, entry 'gimme' (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:575647223 and :575649409), etymology field: 'Written form of a reduction of give me.'

Two branches

口語縮寫:把 give me 說成一個字

這一支就是核心畫面本身,還沒有引申。

verb · A2

A written way of showing how people often say 'give me' in fast, relaxed speech, with the two words run together into one. It means exactly the same as 'give me'.

給我(give me 的口語寫法)

不用努力就到手的東西

把「給我」的那個受詞獨立出來當名詞:被給的東西本身就叫 a gimme。

noun · B2

Something so easy to do, win or get that you hardly have to try. It is informal, and it comes up most often in sport.

穩拿的事;輕鬆到手