| 释义 |
juvie U.S. slang.|ˈdʒuːvɪ|
Also juvey.
[Colloq. shortening of juvenile a. and n.]
A juvenile or juvenile delinquent; also, a detention centre or a court for juvenile delinquents.
1941J. Smiley Hash House Lingo 34 Juvie, child. 1966Time 2 Dec. 52/3 Los Angeles County police went after the ‘juvies’ (minors under 18), began carting them off by the busload. 1967New Yorker 25 Feb. 128/3 But the teacher at juvey said, ‘You have to finish it.’ 1967E. B. Nickerson Kayaks to Arctic vii. 58, I wondered..if we would have to bail them out of the Canadian equivalent of ‘Juvies’. 1970P. Stadley Autumn of Hunter (1971) viii. 115 Just where would you take me, little juvie? To a drive-in movie? |