1702, of unknown origin, perhaps a metathesis of film (n.) "gauzy covering" + -y (2). Figuratively (of arguments, etc.) from 1750s. Related: Flimsily; flimsiness.
例文
1. She was wearing a flimsy pink dress that streamed out behind her.
彼女が着ていた薄いピンク色のワンピースが後ろを舞っていた。
2.The storm flattened the flimsy wooden huts that the villagers lived in.
嵐は村人たちが住んでいる脆弱な木造家屋を平らにした。
3.She felt cold in her flimsy dress.
彼女は薄着なので寒いと思います。
4.This kind of paper is flimsy .
この紙は薄い。
5.She was wearing only a thin robe over a flimsy nightdress,and her feet were bare.