這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字,意思沒有關係, 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 打雜的僕人 · 男生的內衣褲

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skivvy

noun, verb

核心畫面

One way to hold this half of the word: picture a household where the pleasant work belongs to other people, and the wet, heavy, never-finished work is left for one person at the bottom. The noun names that person; the verb names being the one doing it. Both carry the , which is why the liveliest modern use is a complaint about yourself.

這半邊的 skivvy,可以想成一個家裡的最底層位置。舒服體面的事有別人做。剩下的是濕的、重的、永遠做不完的那些活,更多收起這半邊的 skivvy,可以想成一個家裡的最底層位置。舒服體面的事有別人做。剩下的是濕的、重的、永遠做不完的那些活,全留給同一個人。名詞講的是那個人,動詞講的是「你正在做這件事」。兩邊帶的都不只是工作內容,還有「被這樣對待」的感覺。所以今天最常聽到的,反而是拿它來抱怨自己:我又不是你的傭人。

One branch

被留下來做髒活累活的人,和做這件事

名詞先有,動詞是直接從那個人變出來的動作;兩個意思共用同一個畫面,只差在你是在指那個人,還是在指那件事。

noun · C2

A servant whose work is only the dirty, tiring jobs in a house — scrubbing floors, washing dishes, carrying coal. People also use the word about anyone who is being treated that way, even when they were never hired as a servant.

打雜的僕人

A second word, same spelling

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skivvy

noun

核心畫面

A second, separate picture for the same spelling: the layer of cloth that sits right against the skin. Plural skivvies is a man's underwear; in Australia and New Zealand a singular skivvy is the close-fitting long-sleeved top with a rolled collar. The packet does not join these two to each other, or to the servant word, so treat the link as a memory hook only.

同樣的拼法,這裡可以想成完全另一張圖:貼著身體的那一層布。複數 skivvies 是男生的內衣褲,也就是最裡面那層。更多收起同樣的拼法,這裡可以想成完全另一張圖:貼著身體的那一層布。複數 skivvies 是男生的內衣褲,也就是最裡面那層。在澳洲、紐西蘭,單數 skivvy 則是貼身長袖、領子翻捲的高領上衣。要說清楚:手上的資料沒有把這兩個意思連起來,也沒有把它們跟「僕人」那個 skivvy 連起來。所以這張圖是幫你記住的掛鉤,不是來源的說法。

From the picture

貼著身體穿的那一件

兩個意思都在講貼身的衣物,差別在位置和地區:一個是最裡面的內衣褲,一個是外面看得見的高領上衣。

noun · C1

Skivvies are a man's underwear — usually underpants, and sometimes the plain undershirt worn with them. The word is always plural, and it is used in a light, everyday way, often about someone who is not properly dressed yet.

男生的內衣褲

Also in this word

noun · C1

A close-fitting top with long sleeves and a high collar that folds over at the neck. This is the ordinary name for such a top in Australia and New Zealand, and the source also records it for the United States.

高領貼身上衣