英语词汇“johnny”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

johnny

/ˈdʒɒni

noun (plural johnnies) informal

1British Used as a name for an unknown man, often suggesting that he is unimportant or insignificant: the security johnny insists that you sign the visitors' book...

One fella on the bus seemed particularly pleased with himself and not unjustly the crowd called him a johnny.
It was just those terrible scientist johnnies!
Whereas the British want to see children's faces light up with joy, those foreign johnnies prefer to scare the living daylights out of them.

2 (also rubber johnny) A condom.I remembered picking up a rubber johnny (presumably used) as it drifted past me and holding it up to the other volunteers, who all recoiled in horror....

I thought non-Brit readers might like to know that ‘rubber johnny’ is a playground/school yard slang for a condom.
You can tell it's posh because food is served on a bed of other food, and there isn't a machine in the gents selling rubber johnnies.

3US A gown fastened at the back, worn by hospital patients.Nicholson has a gift for physical comedy, swaying dizzily in a hospital johnny that unflatteringly reveals his derrière.

Origin

Late 17th century (in sense 1): pet form of the given name John; sense 2 dates from the 1960s.

单词	johnny
释义	johnny /ˈdʒɒni / noun (plural johnnies) informal 1British Used as a name for an unknown man, often suggesting that he is unimportant or insignificant: the security johnny insists that you sign the visitors' book... One fella on the bus seemed particularly pleased with himself and not unjustly the crowd called him a johnny. It was just those terrible scientist johnnies! Whereas the British want to see children's faces light up with joy, those foreign johnnies prefer to scare the living daylights out of them. 2 (also rubber johnny) A condom.I remembered picking up a rubber johnny (presumably used) as it drifted past me and holding it up to the other volunteers, who all recoiled in horror.... I thought non-Brit readers might like to know that ‘rubber johnny’ is a playground/school yard slang for a condom. You can tell it's posh because food is served on a bed of other food, and there isn't a machine in the gents selling rubber johnnies. 3US A gown fastened at the back, worn by hospital patients.Nicholson has a gift for physical comedy, swaying dizzily in a hospital johnny that unflatteringly reveals his derrière. Origin Late 17th century (in sense 1): pet form of the given name John; sense 2 dates from the 1960s. Rhymes Bonnie, bonny, Connie, Lonnie, Ronnie, Suwannee
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