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gillie

/gil-ee/US // ˈgɪl i //UK // (ˈɡɪlɪ) //

吉利,吉列,吉利物,吉里

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Scot. a hunting or fishing guide.a male attendant or personal servant to a Highland chieftain.
    • : ghillie.

Examples

  • Instantly, a gillie incongruously in a flower-seller's dress, she was on her feet and walking a little ahead.

  • There have been anglers who, when the salmon was once on, handed him over to the gillie to play and land.

  • The gillie put us across Loch Rannoch in the dusk of the next day, and gave us his opinion as to our best route.

  • We pile them in a heap for the gillie to collect as he comes along.

  • Indignant Gillie (to Jones, of London, who has by mistake killed a hind).