flimsy
英 [ˈflɪm.zi]
美 [ˈflɪm.zi]
- adj. 脆弱的;浅薄的;易损坏的;不周密的
- n. 薄纸;复写纸;打字纸
1. perhaps a metathesis of film (n.) "gauzy covering" + -y / -sy.
2. flim- (谐音“覆泥膜”----覆盖泥土的薄膜)。
flimsy 劣质的可能来自film的拼写变体,薄膜,膜片,引申词义脆弱的,劣质的。-s, 复数后缀,比较ballsy, folksy. 或直接来自flimflam, 胡扯,欺骗,劣质。
- flimsy (adj.)
- 1702, of unknown origin, perhaps a metathesis of film (n.) "gauzy covering" + -y (2). Figuratively (of arguments, etc.) from 1750s. Related: Flimsily; flimsiness.
- 1. She was wearing a flimsy pink dress that streamed out behind her.
- 她穿的那件轻薄的粉红色连衣裙在身后飘舞。
- 2. The storm flattened the flimsy wooden huts that the villagers lived in.
- 风暴刮平了村民们居住的脆弱的木屋.
- 3. She felt cold in her flimsy dress.
- 她穿得单薄所以觉得冷.
- 4. This kind of paper is flimsy.
- 这种纸很薄.
- 5. She was wearing only a thin robe over a flimsy nightdress, and her feet were bare.
- 她只在薄如蝉翼的睡衣外套了一件薄睡袍,而且光着脚。