guttersnipe
英 ['gʌtəsnaɪp]
美 ['ɡʌtɚsnaɪp]
語源
guttersnipe, stray.gutter, gutter. シギ、砂錐鳥。すなわち、側溝で食べるものを拾う人。
英語の語源
- guttersnipe (n.)
- also gutter-snipe, 1857, from gutter (n.) + snipe (n.); originally Wall Street slang for "streetcorner broker," attested later (1869) as "street urchin," also "one who gathers rags and paper from gutters." As a name for the common snipe, it dates from 1874 but is perhaps earlier.
例文
- 1. She a canny guttersnipe ，and the Hive seems a second skin for her.
- 彼女は抜け目のない放浪児で、巣は彼女の二層目の皮膚のようだ。
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