carny

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud). countable,informal
    — The Reverend Foster, self-ordained—or directly ordained by God, depending on authority cited—had an instinct for the pulse of his times stronger than that of a skilled carnie sizing up a mark.
  2. Flattery. dialectal
  3. The jargon used by carnival workers. uncountable
  4. A carnival. countable,informal
动词 v.
  1. To cajole, wheedle, or coax. dialectal
    — The crossing at St. Martin’s Church was mine fust of all; and when the other lads come to it I didn’t take no heed of ’em—only for that I’d have been a bright boy by now, but they carnied me over like; for when I tried to turn ’em off they’d say, in a carnying way, ‘Oh, let us stay on,’ so I never took no heed of ’em.

词形变化

carnies plural carney alternative carnie alternative carnies present,singular,third-person carnying participle,present carnied participle,past carnied past carney alternative carney alternative carnie alternative carney alternative carney alternative carnie alternative

词源

词源 1
Clipping of carnival + -y (“diminutive, hypocoristic suffix”).
词源 2
Of unknown origin.
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