Johnny
英 ['d??n?]
美
- n. 男人；家伙；短袖無領病號服
- n. (Johnny)人名；(英、西、瑞典)約翰尼
擴展詞匯
英文詞源
- Johnny
- pet form of masc. proper name John (see -y (3)). Used as a contemptuous or humorous designation for some class or group of men from 1670s (it was the typical name in the North and the Northern armies for a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War). In the Mediterranean, it was a typical name for an Englishman by c. 1800; in the Crimean War, it became the typical name among the English for "a Turk," later extended to "an Arab" (who by World War II were using it in turn as the typical name for "a British man"). Johnny-come-lately first attested 1839.
雙語例句
- 1. Johnny has changed his image to fit the times.
- 約翰尼已經改變了他的形象以迎合時代潮流。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Johnny and Guy are the greatest unacknowledged pop songwriters in Britain.
- 約翰尼和蓋伊是英國最了不起的、還未被公眾認可的流行歌曲創作者。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Johnny was the most persistent and most harmless of her admirers.
- 約翰尼是追她的人中最癡心、最沒有心機的一個。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Johnny Warrick has a hog farm in Alabama.
- 約翰尼·沃里克在亞拉巴馬州有個養豬場。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Johnny, go inside and get cleaned up.
- 約翰尼，進去把自己收拾干凈。
來自柯林斯例句