| 释义 |
givey, givy, a. dial. or colloq.|ˈgɪvɪ|
[f. give v. 40.]
Inclined to yield or give way; pliable, springy, soft; moist (see also quots.).
1829Virginia Lit. Museum I. 457 Givy, ‘muggy’. The weather is said to be givy, when there is much moisture in the atmosphere. 1859Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 2), Givy, a term applied to tobacco leaves, in a certain condition of their preparation for market. 1887Parish & Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. 64 The ground is said to be givey when the frost breaks up and the roads become soft and rotten. 1965‘S. Harvester’ Assassins Road xiii. 129 He longed to sprawl on a bed. Any bed provided it was givey. |