| 单词 | guy |
| 释义 | guy (once / 255 pages) 1n 2nv 3v A guy is a dude, a boy, a man, or really anybody. It's an informal way to refer to a person, especially a male. But a group of people can be guys, even if they’re all female. Hey guys! Another meaning of guy comes from a guy rope, which is basically a rope that supports something like a tent to a pole. What a guy! So to guy means “to support,” or “tied to” and not just physically. It’s almost like “guide.” The word comes from Guy Fawkes, who famously plotted to blow up Parliament in 1605 and is still burned in effigy yearly on the British Guy Fawkes Day. WORD FAMILYguy: guyed, guying, guys USAGE EXAMPLES“This is a special group of guys. Oh, man, this is the time to step up.” Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Washington did a fine job limiting Harden but couldn’t keep the “other guys” down in the Rockets’ 101-91 win at Toyota Center. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Dear Amy: I appreciated your advice to “Worried Future Mother-in-Law,” whose daughter was marrying a guy whose mother was belligerent when drunk. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) 1 n an informal term for a youth or man 2a nice guy the guy's only doing it for some doll Syn|Hypo|Hyper bozo, cat, hombre sod an informal British term for a youth or man adult male, man an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) 1n a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) Syn|Hyper guy cable, guy rope, guy wire brace, bracing a structural member used to stiffen a framework 2v steady or support with a guy wire or cable 3The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing Hyper brace, stabilise, stabilize, steady support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace v subject to laughter or ridicule Syn|Hypo|Hyper blackguard, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast tease mock or make fun of playfully lampoon, satirise, satirizeridicule with satire debunk, exposeexpose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas stultifycause to appear foolish uncloak, unmaskreveal the true nature of bemock, mock treat with contempt Guy (once / 676 pages) n WORD FAMILY Guy: Guys USAGE EXAMPLES“I keep on saying, ‘Guys, we’ve got to work as a team,’” she said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) “Guys get a lot of accolades for sacks and numbers in this league, but really are you a complete player?” Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Guys — the things they like and the ways they behave — are its predominant subjects. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) n an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day Hyper effigy, image, simulacrum a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture) |
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