bookie

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbʊki/|/ˈbɵkɪj/    美 /ˈbʊki/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bookmaker, being a person who, or business which, takes bets from the general public on sporting events and similar. informal
    — ‘You won’t believe it,’ he [Fitz McGee] said. ‘Those dummies won’t let me scratch! The horse is gonna be odds‐on and I’ve got a chunk bet on him out of town. Never get the bookie call it off this late.’
  2. Diminutive of book. diminutive,form-of,rare
    — […] although I had not felt the power of the truth on my own heart, yet I took particular care to read all the little bookies before I put them into the hands of the children.

词形变化

bookies plural bookies plural

词源

词源 1
Clipping of bookmaker + -ie.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?
Proto-Germanic *bōks
Proto-West Germanic *bōk
Old English bōc
Middle English bok
English book
English -ie
English bookie
From book + -ie.
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