- 1撬棍（英式說法；美式多說 jimmy 或 crowbar）
A jemmy is a short, strong metal bar, a little bent at one end, used to force open a locked door, a window, or a crate. In stories and crime news it is the thief's tool — though actually locksmiths and movers use the same kind of bar; they just do not call it a jemmy. The word is mainly British. Americans say jimmy for the same short bar, or crowbar for a longer one. You can also use it as a verb: to jemmy a door is to break it open with that bar. It sounds slightly old-fashioned and a bit like a crime story, not like everyday talk about tools in a shop.
組成From Jemmy, an old pet form of the name James. People used the nickname for the little iron bar, and then made a verb from the noun.
同家族的字
- JamesJemmy is a pet form of this name; the tool was named after the nickname
- jimmythe usual American spelling of the same tool and the same verb
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
Jemmyname
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A diminutive of the male given name James.
- Joly Jemmy, [i.e. James IV of Scotland] ye scornefull Scot, Is it come unto your lot A solempne sumner for to be?
jemmynoun詞源 1
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archaicslangA sheep's head used as food.
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slangAn immigrant.
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obsoleteslangA greatcoat.
- your friend in the green jemmy
jemmyverb詞源 1
- 1
To shoehorn, to cram.
- two thousand people jemmied into a stadium built for fifteen hundred
jemmyadj詞源 2
- 1
archaicNeat; elegant.
- I was agreeably surprised by seeing my young friend and companion, Robert Pott, driving up the avenue in a very jemmy equipage.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。