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
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.
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