Nigel

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of dweeb (“boring or socially inept person”). Australia,derogatory
    — He's such a Nigel, hanging around in the library all day by himself.
  2. An Englishman. derogatory,slang
专有名词
  1. A male given name from Latin, of mostly British usage.
    — 'I thought, sir,' answered Nigel, with as much haughtiness as was consistent with the cool distance he desired to preserve, 'I thought I had told you, my name was Nigel Grahame.' His eminence of Whitefriars on this burst into a loud, chuckling, impudent laugh, repeating the word, till his voice was almost inarticulate, - 'Niggle Green - Niggle Green - Niggle Green! why, my lord, you would be queered in the drinking of a penny pot of Malmsey, if you cry before you are touched.'
  2. A small mining town in Ekurhuleni municipality, Gauteng province, South Africa.

词形变化

Nigels plural

词汇关系

近义词
Nigel no friends Nigel no mates Nige
衍生词
Nigella Niyjale Nige

词源

词源 1
English form of Latin Nigellus, from nigellus (“slightly black”), diminutive of niger (“(shining) black”), particularly used in the Middle Ages to Latinize Norman Néel and Irish Neil.
词源 2
English form of Latin Nigellus, from nigellus (“slightly black”), diminutive of niger (“(shining) black”), particularly used in the Middle Ages to Latinize Norman Néel and Irish Neil.
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