"burglar's crowbar," 1848, variant of jemmy, name for a type of crowbar much used by burglars, special use of Jemmy, familiar form of proper name James (also see jack).
jimmy (v.)
1893, from jimmy (n.). Related: Jimmied; jimmying.
权威例句
1. In the end I just couldn't kick Jimmy when he was down.
最后我就是无法做到在吉米倒霉时落井下石。
2. Middlesbrough's Jimmy Phillips was sent off for fouling Steve Tilson.
米德尔斯堡队的吉米·菲利普斯因为对史蒂夫·蒂尔森犯规而被罚下场。
3. Jimmy is adopted and thus unrelated to Beth by blood.
吉米是被收养的,因此和贝丝没有血缘关系。
4. "I'm tickled pink," said Jimmy after his wife gave birth.
“我太开心了,”吉米在妻子分娩后说。
5. Jimmy Buffett's music conjures up a warm night in the tropics.