flimsy
英['fl?mz?]
美['fl?mzi]
- adj. 脆弱的；淺薄的；易損壞的；不周密的
- n. 薄紙；復寫紙；打字紙
詞態變化
比較級:?flimsier;最高級:?flimsiest;副詞:?flimsily;名詞:?flimsiness;
助記提示
1. perhaps a metathesis of film (n.) "gauzy covering" + -y / -sy.
2. flim- (諧音“覆泥膜”----覆蓋泥土的薄膜)。
中文詞源
flimsy 劣質的
可能來自film的拼寫變體，薄膜，膜片，引申詞義脆弱的，劣質的。-s, 復數后綴，比較ballsy, folksy. 或直接來自flimflam, 胡扯，欺騙，劣質。
英文詞源
- flimsy (adj.)
- 1702, of unknown origin, perhaps a metathesis of film (n.) "gauzy covering" + -y (2). Figuratively (of arguments, etc.) from 1750s. Related: Flimsily; flimsiness.
雙語例句
- 1. She was wearing a flimsy pink dress that streamed out behind her.
- 她穿的那件輕薄的粉紅色連衣裙在身后飄舞。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The storm flattened the flimsy wooden huts that the villagers lived in.
- 風暴刮平了村民們居住的脆弱的木屋.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. She felt cold in her flimsy dress.
- 她穿得單薄所以覺得冷.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. This kind of paper is flimsy.
- 這種紙很薄.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. She was wearing only a thin robe over a flimsy nightdress, and her feet were bare.
- 她只在薄如蟬翼的睡衣外套了一件薄睡袍，而且光著腳。
來自柯林斯例句