gipsy
英 ['dʒipsi]
美
- vi. 放浪する
- n. ジプシー（ジプシーに等しい）；浮浪者
- n. （ジプシー）人の名前；（英）Gypsy
英語の語源
- gipsy
- gipsy: [16] In the 16th century, it was widely thought that the Romany people originated in Egypt. They were therefore called gipcyans or gipsens, which was simply an alteration of Egyptian. The modern form of the word developed in the 17th century (perhaps influenced by Latin Aegyptius). In American English the spelling gypsy is generally preferred. (Spanish gitano ‘gipsy’, incidentally, has a similar origin.)
=> egyptian - Gipsy
- alternative spelling of Gypsy. OED gives it precedence, and it is the main form for the word's entry in Century Dictionary, but Fowler writes that "the first y is highly significant, reminding us that Gypsy means Egyptian ...."
例文
- 1. That old Gipsy woman tells fortunes.
- そのジプシー老婦人は人のために占いをしていた。
- 2.She had the kind of water- gipsy face，dusky but rosy.
- 彼女は水上ジプシーの顔をしていて、黒くて真っ赤だ。
- 3.Black-eyed gipsy girls，hooded in showy handkerchiefs，sallied forth to tell fortunes.
- 黒目のジプシー娘は、派手な手ぬぐいで頭を包み、突然人の代わりに飛び込んできた。
- 4.The gipsy produced three tin cups，and filled them to the brim with brandy.
- ジプシーは3つのスズカップを取り出し、ブランデーを注いだ。
- 5.Ashurst said idly:"Where were you standing when you saw the gipsy bogle，Jim？"
- アシェットは漫然と「どこに立ってジプシー鬼を見たの？」と言った。