flimsy

英 ['fl?mz?] 美['fl?mzi]
  • adj. 脆弱的；淺薄的；易損壞的；不周密的
  • n. 薄紙；復寫紙；打字紙
TEM8IELTSGRE低頻詞擴展詞匯

詞態(tài)變化

比較級:?flimsier;最高級:?flimsiest;副詞:?flimsily;名詞:?flimsiness;

助記提示

1. perhaps a metathesis of film (n.) "gauzy covering" + -y / -sy.
2. flim- (諧音“覆泥膜”----覆蓋泥土的薄膜)。

中文詞源

flimsy 劣質(zhì)的

可能來自film的拼寫變體，薄膜，膜片，引申詞義脆弱的，劣質(zhì)的。-s, 復數(shù)后綴，比較ballsy, folksy. 或直接來自flimflam, 胡扯，欺騙，劣質(zhì)。

英文詞源

flimsy (adj.)
1702, of unknown origin, perhaps a metathesis of film (n.) "gauzy covering" + -y (2). Figuratively (of arguments, etc.) from 1750s. Related: Flimsily; flimsiness.

雙語例句

1. She was wearing a flimsy pink dress that streamed out behind her.
她穿的那件輕薄的粉紅色連衣裙在身后飄舞。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The storm flattened the flimsy wooden huts that the villagers lived in.
風暴刮平了村民們居住的脆弱的木屋.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. She felt cold in her flimsy dress.
她穿得單薄所以覺得冷.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. This kind of paper is flimsy.
這種紙很薄.

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. She was wearing only a thin robe over a flimsy nightdress, and her feet were bare.
她只在薄如蟬翼的睡衣外套了一件薄睡袍，而且光著腳。

來自柯林斯例句