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gipsy

/jip-see/US // ˈdʒɪp si //UK // (ˈdʒɪpsɪ) //

吉普赛人,吉普赛,吉普塞人,吉卜赛人

Definitions

  1. 1

    plural gip·sies,

    • : Chiefly British, Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. gypsy.

Examples

  • For she was obviously in her right and natural setting, a creature of the wilds, a gipsy in her own home.

  • A king of each tribe is annually elected, to whom his people are obedient, something in the way of the gipsy monarchy.

  • Oh, yes; that ramshackle place near the swamp, with the gipsy-looking people hanging about.

  • At OLearys call, the elongated figure pulled up abruptly, and Drinkwaters gipsy face loomed high in the door-frame.

  • The thick tan of exposure to wind and sun gave her a gipsy swarthiness beneath which glowed the rich colour of health.