英语单词

spiffy是什么意思

spiffy
英 ['spɪfɪ]***美 ['spɪfi]
  • adj. 出色的;利落的;整洁的;显眼耀目的

中文词源


spiffy 漂亮的,时髦的

spiff,装扮,打扮,-y,形容词后缀。

中文词源


spiffy (adj.)
1853, of uncertain origin, probably related to spiff "well-dressed man." Uncertain relationship to spiff (n.) "percentage allowed by drapers to their young men when they effect sale of old fashioned or undesirable stock" (1859), or to spiflicate "confound, overcome completely," a cant word from 1749 that was "common in the 19th century" [OED], preserved in American English and yielded slang spiflicated "drunk," first recorded in that sense 1902.

双语例句


1. You look spiffy in your new outfit.
你穿这套新衣看起来真帅.
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2. The spiffy thing is to hit the sack at once.
最妙不过的事是马上睡觉去.
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3. You're sure spiffy in your new dress.
你穿上这身新衣服真是漂亮.
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4. Brief figuring style, neat and spiffy prints in and fashionable narrow design show your modish feelings.
简洁的修身版型, 干净利落的前胸印字,加上现今流行的窄门筒设计,给人以斯文的时髦感觉.
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