divvy

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɪvi/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dividend; a share or portion. informal
  2. A foolish person. derogatory,slang
    — Put it down and stop being a divvy!
动词 v.
  1. To divide into portions. informal,transitive
    — We divvied the money into equal portions to split between us.
形容词 adj.
  1. Divine; very pleasant, wonderful. dated,informal
    — ‘You'd find,’ the priest said, ‘that it whittled down until the only divvy moment was when you stood waiting in the booking-office for the young man to take the tickets.’

词形变化

divvies plural divy alternative divvie alternative divvies present,singular,third-person divvying participle,present divvied participle,past divvied past divy alternative divvie alternative divvies plural divvie alternative more divvy comparative most divvy superlative

词源

词源 1
Clipping of dividend + -y.
词源 2
Unclear. Suggested sources include a corruption of Davy lamp as used by miners; dividend as an unemployment benefit; or divot meaning "turf", used euphemistically in place of the vulgar sod.
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