gyp

英語

詞源 1

可能源自gypsy (「吉普賽人」)，出自對吉普賽人總是是騙子的刻板印象。對比jew (「詐騙」)，源自Jew (「猶太人」)，以及welsh (「賴賬」)，源自Welsh (「威爾士人」)。

其他形式

• gip、jip (視覺方言拼寫)

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助)：/d͡ʒɪp/

• （美國）音頻：

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• 韻部：-ɪp

名詞

gyp (複數 gyps)

1. (貶義，有時冒犯) 誆騙，要價高，敲竹槓

   Why do we have to buy this new edition of the textbook when there’s almost no difference between it and the previous one? What a gyp!

   為什麼我們要買這教科書的新版？新版和舊版幾乎沒差。真是騙錢玩意。

2. gypsy (「行列舞舞步」)之同義詞

用法說明

由於該詞被認為派生自地名Gypsy，反映了對羅姆人的種族性刻板印象，所以可能會被認為有冒犯意。詳見gypsy的用法說明。

動詞

gyp (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 gyps，現在分詞 gypping，一般過去時及過去分詞 gypped)

1. (貶義，有時) 騙取，敲...的竹槓

   The cab driver gypped me out of ten bucks by taking the longer route.

   出租車司機繞遠路坑了我10塊錢。

   You better watch out; they'll try to gyp you if you don't know what you're doing.

   你最好小心。你不明白自己幹什麼的話他們會想坑你的。

用法說明

參見前文名詞的用法說明。

詞源 2

可能和詞源1一樣。早期理論認為其派生自古希臘語 γύψ (gúps, 「禿鷲」)（/ɡýps/，對比希臘語 γύπας (gýpas) /ˈʝi.pas/），「指僕人偷東西的習慣」（由此派生出詞源1），但這一理論無法解釋發音。

名詞

gyp (複數 gyps)

1. (劍橋大學，杜倫大學，歷史) 傭人
   • 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books，頁號 40:

     All was neglect. The outer door of this room, which was open, was nearly on a level with the Quadrangle — some coats and trousers and boots were upon the ebony table and a "gyp" was brushing away at them just within the door — in wet weather he performed these functions entirely within the library, as innocent of the incongruity of his position as my guide himself.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, 1919, Longmans, page 15,

     'Why, what is the matter with you, John?' I asked of the gyp who waited on Vincey and myself.

   • 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, I [Uniform ed., p. 14]:

     Had he acted discourteously to his bedmaker or his gyp, he would have minded just as much … .

   同類詞： porter、bedder

2. (劍橋大學，杜倫大學) 僱員的房間
3. (劍橋大學，杜倫大學) 學生用小廚房

詞源 3

縮寫。

名詞

gyp (複數 gyps)

1. 絲石竹屬植物

詞源 4

可能源自gee up。

名詞

gyp (複數 gyps)

1. 痛苦

   My back's giving me gyp.

   我的背真是折磨死我了。

參見

• jew down
• welsh

參考資料

• Gyp: Thieve, World Wide Words
• Etymology of "Gyp" / "gypped", Vocaboly.com