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单词 gallus
释义

gallus

/ˈɡaləs /
(also gallous)
adjective chiefly Scottish
Bold, cheeky, or flashy.This leads the gallus Glaswegian to look up an old flame, an expert in ley lines and mysticism who sets him on a trail of ancient burial routes that leads him deep beneath the ancient foundations of a Glasgow church....
  • The gallus radio figure with his seemingly off-the-cuff put downs is in fact an intelligent and pleasantly modest fellow who researches his material meticulously.
  • A language has to be more than a few gallus Scotticisms scattered over standard English as a kind of local seasoning.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'fit to be hanged'): variant of gallows used attributively.

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