gyp

英语

词源 1

可能源自gypsy (“吉普赛人”)，出自对吉普赛人总是是骗子的刻板印象。对比jew (“诈骗”)，源自Jew (“犹太人”)，以及welsh (“赖账”)，源自Welsh (“威尔士人”)。

其他形式

• gip、jip (视觉方言拼写)

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助)：/d͡ʒɪp/

• （美国）音频

  （文档）

• 韵部：-ɪp

名词

gyp (复数 gyps)

1. (贬义，有时冒犯) 诓骗，要价高，敲竹杠

   Why do we have to buy this new edition of the textbook when there’s almost no difference between it and the previous one? What a gyp!

   为什么我们要买这教科书的新版？新版和旧版几乎没差。真是骗钱玩意。

2. gypsy (“行列舞舞步”)之同义词

用法说明

由于该词被认为派生自地名Gypsy，反映了对罗姆人的种族性刻板印象，所以可能会被认为有冒犯意。详见gypsy的用法说明。

动词

gyp (第三人称单数简单现在时 gyps, 现在分词 gypping, 一般过去时及过去分词 gypped)

1. (贬义，有时) 骗取，敲...的竹杠

   The cab driver gypped me out of ten bucks by taking the longer route.

   出租车司机绕远路坑了我10块钱。

   You better watch out; they'll try to gyp you if you don't know what you're doing.

   你最好小心。你不明白自己干什么的话他们会想坑你的。

用法说明

参见前文名词的用法说明。

词源 2

可能和词源1一样。早期理论认为其派生自古希腊语 γύψ (gúps, “秃鹫”)（/ɡýps/，对比希腊语 γύπας (gýpas) /ˈʝi.pas/），“指仆人偷东西的习惯”（由此派生出词源1），但这一理论无法解释发音。

名词

gyp (复数 gyps)

1. (剑桥大学，杜伦大学，历史) 佣人
   • 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books，页号 40:

     All was neglect. The outer door of this room, which was open, was nearly on a level with the Quadrangle — some coats and trousers and boots were upon the ebony table and a "gyp" was brushing away at them just within the door — in wet weather he performed these functions entirely within the library, as innocent of the incongruity of his position as my guide himself.

     （请为本引文添加中文翻译）

   • 1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, 1919, Longmans, page 15,

     'Why, what is the matter with you, John?' I asked of the gyp who waited on Vincey and myself.

   • 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, I [Uniform ed., p. 14]:

     Had he acted discourteously to his bedmaker or his gyp, he would have minded just as much … .

   同类词： porter、bedder

2. (剑桥大学，杜伦大学) 雇员的房间
3. (剑桥大学，杜伦大学) 学生用小厨房

词源 3

缩写。

名词

gyp (复数 gyps)

1. 丝石竹属植物

词源 4

可能源自gee up。

名词

gyp (复数 gyps)

1. 痛苦

   My back's giving me gyp.

   我的背真是折磨死我了。

参见

• jew down
• welsh

参考资料

• Gyp: Thieve, World Wide Words
• Etymology of "Gyp" / "gypped", Vocaboly.com