flimsy

简明英汉词典

flimsy

[5flimzi]

adj.

易坏的, 脆弱的, 浅薄的, 没有价值的, 不足信的, (人)浮夸的

n.

薄纸, 描图用薄纸, 薄纸稿纸

美国传统词典[双解]

flimsy

flim.sy

AHD:[fl1m“z?]

D.J.[6flimzi8]

K.K.[6fl!mzi]

adj.（形容词）

flim.si.er， flim.si.est

(1)Light, thin, and insubstantial:

轻而薄的：轻、薄且不牢固的：

a flimsy fabric.

轻薄的织物

(2)Lacking solidity or strength:

脆弱的：缺乏硬度或力度的：

a flimsy table.

易损坏的桌子

(3)Lacking plausibility; unconvincing:

薄弱的：缺乏合理性的；不可信的：

a flimsy excuse.

站不住脚的借口

n.（名词）

【复数】 flim.sies

(1)Thin paper usually used to make multiple copies.

复写纸，打字纸：复写用的薄纸

(2)Something written on this thin paper.

薄纸副本或文件：在这种薄纸上写下的东西

语源

[Origin unknown]

[词源不明]

继承用法

flim“sily

adv.（副词）

flim“siness

n.（名词）

注释

The origin of flimsy, although uncertain, is not completely obscure. The word is first recorded in English in the 17th century in a dictionary of cant, the jargon of people such as thieves and beggars. Its early senses “frail” and “trivial” as well as its form may link it with flim-flam, recorded first around 1538. The noun flim-flam could mean “a piece of nonsense or idle talk,” and the adjective could mean “frivolous.” Flim-flam itself is a reduplication in which the pattern fl—m occurs twice, the first time with the sound (1); the second, with the sound (2). Flim may be related to the Old Norse word flim, meaning “a lampoon, libel.”

Flimsy 的词源虽然不确定， 但并不是完全不清楚。这个单词在17世纪首次用英语记载于一本行话字典里，即记载如小偷和乞丐等人所使用的隐语的字典。它最初的意思是“脆弱的”和“轻微的”， 其形式可能与flim-flam 有联系， 首次记载大约是在1538年。Flim-flam 作名词时意思为“一句无意义的或无聊的话，” 作形容词时可当作“琐屑的，无意义的”讲。Flim-flam 本身是一个重叠词，fl-m 这样形式出现两次， 第一次是与语音（i）组合；第二次是与语音（a）组合。Flim 可能与古斯堪的纳维亚语flim 有关， 其意思为“讽刺，诽谤”

现代英汉词典

flimsy

[5flImzI]

adj.

-sier, -siest

(1)轻而薄的

(2)无力的；脆弱的

词性变化

flimsy

n.

-sies

薄纸

现代英汉综合大辞典

flimsy

[5flimzi]

adj.

(1)薄[弱]的, 脆弱的; 无力的

(2)浮夸的

(3)没有价值的

a flimsy excuse

站不住脚的辩解

This kind of paper is flimsy.

这种纸很薄。

词性变化

flimsy

[5flimzi]

n.

(1)薄纸, 打字纸

(2)(新闻记者用的)薄纸原稿

(3)[俚]钞票

(4)电报

(5)薄、 脆、 弱或不结实的东西

继承用法

flimsily

adv.

词性变化

flimsiness

n.

英文相关词典

flimsy

daintydelicatefragilefrailslightweak

美国传统词典

flimsy

flim.sy

AHD:[fl1m“z?]

D.J.[6flimzi8]

K.K.[6fl!mzi]

adj.

flim.si.er, flim.si.est

(1)Light, thin, and insubstantial:

a flimsy fabric.

(2)Lacking solidity or strength:

a flimsy table.

(3)Lacking plausibility; unconvincing:

a flimsy excuse.

n.

pl. flim.sies

(1)Thin paper usually used to make multiple copies.

(2)Something written on this thin paper.

语源

[Origin unknown]

继承用法

flim“sily

adv.

flim“siness

n.

注释

The origin of flimsy, although uncertain, is not completely obscure. The word is first recorded in English in the 17th century in a dictionary of cant, the jargon of people such as thieves and beggars. Its early senses “frail” and “trivial” as well as its form may link it with flim-flam, recorded first around 1538. The noun flim-flam could mean “a piece of nonsense or idle talk,” and the adjective could mean “frivolous.” Flim-flam itself is a reduplication in which the pattern fl—m occurs twice, the first time with the sound (1); the second, with the sound (2). Flim may be related to the Old Norse word flim, meaning “a lampoon, libel.”

英汉电力大词典

flimsy

n.薄的,薄纸,复写纸

英汉电信大词典

flimsy

n.薄的,薄纸

英汉化学大词典

flimsy

adj.薄的;n.薄纸

英汉计算机大词典

flimsy

adj.薄的;n.薄纸